Just to add to Antons posting. The trial in Holland showed very definite
benefit for prehospital thrombolysis - in an urban environment.
Mike
> Depends on the onset of pain. Boersma et al 1996 showed that at 1 hour
> pain to needle, around 65 live per 1000 treated were saved. That drops
> to about 37 per 1000 after 2 hours.
>
> Rule of thumb is that 11 days of life are lost for each minute delayed
> thrombolysis in the first 3 hours of an MI.
>
> Anton
>
> Charles Thomson wrote:
> >
> > Forgive my ignorance on this, but what is the marginal benefit for
> > faster thrombolysis?
> >
> > In other words, how many people have to be treated 5 minutes faster in
> > order to save one life? Is this the same when comparing 25 vs 30
> > minutes as against 60 vs. 65 minutes?
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Charles Thomson
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