Pandemic-era EMS routing through the ED in rural STEMI care caused significant delays in reperfusion metrics without significantly changing in-hospital mortality.
Does the suspension of Emergency Department bypass delay key reperfusion metrics in EMS-identified STEMI patients in a rural practice?
Suspending ED bypass for STEMI patients during the COVID-19 pandemic significantly delayed reperfusion metrics, highlighting the critical need to maintain streamlined STEMI pathways.
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In a rural STEMI system, pandemic-era routing of EMS-identified patients through the ED was associated with significant delays in key reperfusion metrics. While in-hospital mortality did not differ significantly, likely due to limited statistical power, these findings underscore the importance of preserving streamlined STEMI pathways. Larger multicenter studies to assess outcomes are warranted.
Mullvain et al. (Tue,) reported a other. Pandemic-era EMS routing through the ED in rural STEMI care caused significant delays in reperfusion metrics without significantly changing in-hospital mortality.