Archives of cardiovascular diseases
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Arch Cardiovasc Dis · Mar 2015
Multicenter Study Observational StudyManagement of non-traumatic chest pain by the French Emergency Medical System: Insights from the DOLORES registry.
The early recognition of acute coronary syndromes is a priority in health care systems, to reduce revascularization delays. In France, patients are encouraged to call emergency numbers (15, 112), which are routed to a Medical Dispatch Centre where physicians conduct an interview and decide on the appropriate response. However, the effectiveness of this system has not yet been assessed. ⋯ Emergency physicians in the Medical Dispatch Centre sent an effecter to the majority of patients who called the Emergency Medical System for chest pain. The response level was based on the characteristics of the chest pain and the patient's risk profile.