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Written by Magnus Nossen and Ken Grauer ( with Comment by Smith ) The ECG in Figure-1 was electronically transmitted by the ambulanceservice for evaluation. Nevertheless, this recommendation is still based on the papers published before 2006." The patient is a young adult male with acute onset of palpitations.
NTG therapy before an ECG, or the absence of a prehospital ECG capacity in some services may lead to missing the early diagnosis of STEMI thus delaying reperfusion therapy. Paramedics managing a possible myocardial infarction patient were instructed to obtain rapidly an ECG prior to treatment with NTG.
McMahon, Captain, Baltimore Fire Department AmbulanceService, with 15 illustrations by Colin E. Photo from which, by kind permission of Allen Press, shown above of early mouth-to-airway devices. Probably only Internet-accessible extant photo of the Gordon Airway. O’Donnell, C. Gibson, A. T., & Davis, P. Thompson, Jr. Paper $1.75.
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