Paramedics at the front line of heart attack treatment

01 May 2009
Volume 1 · Issue 8

Abstract

The STREAM trial for acute myocardial infarction will compare the two gold standard emergency treatments for acute myocardial infarction: primary percutaneous coronary intervention and pre-hospital thrombolysis. Bristol paramedic Andy Halliday was responsible for enrolling the first patient on the UK mainland in this landmark study.