Sex differences in emergency medical services management of patients with myocardial infarction: analysis of routinely collected data for over 110,000 patients

Benjumin Hsu, Cheryl Carcel, Xia Wang, Sanne A E Peters, Deborah A Randall, Alys Havard, Matthew Miller, Julie Redfern, Mark Woodward, Louisa R Jorm

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Abstract

Emergency medical services (EMS) activation is an integral component in managing individuals with myocardial infarction (MI). EMS play a crucial role in early MI symptom recognition, prompt transport to percutaneous coronary intervention centres and timely administration of management. The objective of this study was to examine sex differences in prehospital EMS care of patients hospitalized with Ml using data from a retrospective population-based cohort study of linked health administrative data for people with a hospital diagnosis of MI in Australia (2001-18).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)87-91
Number of pages5
JournalAmerican Heart Journal
Volume241
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2021

Keywords

  • Aged
  • Ambulances/statistics & numerical data
  • Australia/epidemiology
  • Cohort Studies
  • Early Medical Intervention/standards
  • Emergency Medical Dispatch/methods
  • Emergency Medical Services/methods
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction/diagnosis
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention/methods
  • Quality Improvement/organization & administration
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Routinely Collected Health Data
  • Sex Factors
  • Time-to-Treatment/organization & administration

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