Acute Myocardial Infarction. Acute Myocardial Infarction
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Experimental group: the patients were triaged according to the designed algorithm peculiar to cardiac patient. Intervention 2: Control group: patients were triaged based on common algo
Early detection
Prevention
Experimental group: the patients were triaged according to the designed algorithm peculiar to cardiac patient.
Control group: patients were triaged based on common algorithm of Emergency Severity Index.
Sponsors
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
17 Years to 64 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: inclusion criteria: complaining about chest pain; having the age ranged from 18-65; not having the history of chest trauma; having one available phone number for informing . Exclusion criteria: having incomplete or manipulated information of the patient case; sending the patient to other health care centers.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Triage error. Timepoint: after the treatment. Method of measurement: Using researcher-made form for measuring triage error.;Time indices. Timepoint: The amount of time spent for the first visit of general and expert physician, the period of taking the first electrocardiogram and the time of checking the physician’s order by the nurse. Method of measurement: Using the form of recording the spent time in every stage of examining the patient which is mentioned in the patient case. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| -. Timepoint: -. Method of measurement: -. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactAmeneh Barfi Dokht
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed