Table 2 Median overall time to treatment for all patients in 1994 and 2003
Treatment times | 1994 Suspected AMI (n = 950) | 2003 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thrombolysed AMIs (n = 382) | Suspected AMI – non-thrombolysed (n = 553) | All suspected AMI (n = 935) | Suspected other ACS (n = 430) | Total (n = 1365) | ||
Symptom onset to hospital | 3 h 30 mins | 2 h 34 mins | 5 h 00 mins*** | 3 h 35 mins | 4 h 39 mins** | 3 h 56 mins |
Call-to-thrombolysis | Unavailable | 2 h 20 mins | - | 2 h 20 mins | - | - |
Hospital arrival to I/CCU | 55 mins | 1 h 10 mins | 2 h 17 mins*** | 1 h 40 mins | 2 h 43 mins*** | 1 h 55 mins |
Hospital arrival to thrombolysis | 76 mins | 45 mins | - | 45 mins | - | - |
I/CCU admission to thrombolysis | 25 mins | 20 mins | - | 20 mins | - | - |