prehospital thrombolytics

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--- Mike MacKinnon wrote:
What are the lists thoughts on pre hospital thrombolytics? 
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MIke,

New evidence based recommendations were published in August and pre-hospital thrombolytics are specifically addressed.

Antman EM; Anbe DT; Armstrong PW; Bates ER; Green LA; Hand M; Hochman JS; Krumholz HM; Kushner FG; Lamas GA; Mullany CJ; Ornato JP; Pearle DL; Sloan MA; Smith SC Jr. (2004).  ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: executive summary: a report of the ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1999 Guidelines on the Management of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infaction).  Circulation. 2004;110. 

Available on-line at http://www.circulationaha.org.

Jean Proehl
Emergency Clinical Nurse Specialist
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH 03756
(603) 650-6049

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