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Capstone Paper
field, I want to try something, anything, to reduce those numbers. I like the idea of using a
mobile device to send a picture of the finished ECG to the on-call cardiologist. Its a measure
that is user friendly with limited cost. In real-time a medical order for a thrombolytic like
Tenecteplase could be received in seconds. If such policies are adopted, I can cite this Capstone
project as the source of it all.
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