NWOPCP
02-10-2008, 07:51 PM
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http://news.therecord.com/article/304871
Local: New system 'all about speed'
When every second counts, doctors use BlackBerry to make life-saving decisions on heart attack victims
February 05, 2008
ANNE KELLY
RECORD STAFF
WATERLOO REGION
BlackBerry-carrying specialists at Kitchener's cardiac centre can now receive crucial data from paramedics to determine if heart attack victims should be rushed in for life-saving angioplasty.
Getting an electrocardiogram readout to a BlackBerry, via a cellphone at the scene, takes less than a minute. And it eliminates a trip to the nearest emergency department for patients with a suddenly blocked main artery. Instead, they're taken straight to the cardiac centre.
The locally devised relay system being used by St. Mary's Regional Cardiac Care Centre and Waterloo Region Emergency Medical Service is believed to be the first of its kind in Canada.
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http://news.therecord.com/article/304871
Local: New system 'all about speed'
When every second counts, doctors use BlackBerry to make life-saving decisions on heart attack victims
February 05, 2008
ANNE KELLY
RECORD STAFF
WATERLOO REGION
BlackBerry-carrying specialists at Kitchener's cardiac centre can now receive crucial data from paramedics to determine if heart attack victims should be rushed in for life-saving angioplasty.
Getting an electrocardiogram readout to a BlackBerry, via a cellphone at the scene, takes less than a minute. And it eliminates a trip to the nearest emergency department for patients with a suddenly blocked main artery. Instead, they're taken straight to the cardiac centre.
The locally devised relay system being used by St. Mary's Regional Cardiac Care Centre and Waterloo Region Emergency Medical Service is believed to be the first of its kind in Canada.
......
Article continues on the link above.