Quantity and Quality of Healthcare Professionals, Transfer Delay and In-hospital Mortality Among ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Mixed-Method Cross-Sectional Study of 89 Emergency Medical Stations in China

• Main Authors: Qiang Zhou (Author), Wenya Tian (Author), Rengyu Wu (Author), Chongzhen Qin (Author), Hongjuan Zhang (Author), Haiyan Zhang (Author), Shuduo Zhou (Author), Siwen Li (Author), Yinzi Jin (Author), Zhi-Jie Zheng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundTransfer delay provokes prolongation of prehospital time, which contributes to treatment delay that endangers patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). A key constraint in reducing transfer delay is the shortage of emergency healthcare workers. This study was to exp...