Study objective To present a review of out-of-hospital identification of ST-segment elevation
myocardial infarction patients transported by emergency medical services with 12-lead ECG
and advance notification versus standard or no cardiac monitoring. Methods EMBASE,
PubMed, and the Cochrane Library were searched, using controlled vocabulary and
keywords. Randomized controlled trials and observational studies were included. Outcomes
included short-term mortality (≤ 30 days), door-to-balloon/needle time and/or first medical …