Safer enroute than when you get there!

G'day to you. I hope you and your ticker are well today and planning to stay that way for a long time to come. Not directly related but I just heard on the news last night about a new study showing that coffee (in moderation) is good good for slowing down the onset of heart attacks and Alzheimer's so belly up to the coffeepot; pour yourself a refreshing mug of dark nectar and grab a virtual treat while you're about it. Further on heart attacks...

It turns out that a person having a heart attack is usually safer to be in an ambulance headed to a hospital than to already be a patient in a hospital, according to a study by University of North Carolina researchers. 

It takes longer, on average, for non-ER hospital staff to comply with hospital protocols in ordering and evaluating tests (nearly three hours, according to the study) than it does for ER (and ambulance) staff, who treat every case of cardiac symptoms as life-threatening. 

Overall, according to a February Wall Street Journal report, the study found the mortality rate for heart-attack victims treated in emergency rooms is 4 percent, compared to 40 percent for patients already admitted for other reasons and then suffering heart attacks. [Wall Street Journal, 2-3-2015]

Well now that's not very comforting, is it? I don't know if Canadian experience is the same or not and between you and me, I hope I never have to find out.

See ya, eh!

Bob