Correlates of Delayed Initial Contact to Emergency Services among Patients with Suspected ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Figure 1

Illustration of the progression of care and treatment of myocardial infarction following initial consistent acute symptoms. Instances where patient-related delay and health system-related delay may occur are noted within the total ischemic time. DIDO = door-in-door-out; ECG = electrocardiogram; EMS = emergency medical services; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention [4].