Primary PCI and the role of the 'thrombolysis nurse' : Threat or opportunity

Gamon, R; Jones, ID; Whitmore, J; Charnley, L; Coleman, L

Abstract

While particular titles and job roles vary, acute cardiac nurses or ‘thrombolysis nurses’ have been highly influential in ensuring patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction receive thrombolysis therapy with the minimum delay. If primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) replaces thrombolysis as the chief reperfusion treatment in the UK in future—which seems likely—then this will inevitably have implications for those nurses for whom thrombolysis activity is a key responsibility. This paper explores some of these issues and discusses potential opportunities related to this change in reperfusion services.

Citation

Gamon, R., Jones, I., Whitmore, J., Charnley, L., & Coleman, L. (2007). Primary PCI and the role of the 'thrombolysis nurse' : Threat or opportunity. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 2(12), 580-587. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2007.2.12.27734

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 19, 2007
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2007
• Deposit Date: Jul 8, 2015
• Journal: British Journal of Cardiac Nursing
• Print ISSN: 1749-6403
• Electronic ISSN: 2052-2207
• Publisher: MA Healthcare
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 580-587
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2007.2.12.27734
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2007.2.12.27734
• Related Public URLs: http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/toc/bjca/current