| Show Dilatory Patients A study of heart attack victims reveals that it took the average patient more than three hours to make up his mind to seek medical help Transportation to the hospital usually took an additional 20 minutes THESE findings tend to dash hopes that mobile coronary care Ul units ts can make a sizable sizable siz sizable siz- siz able dent in heart disease fatalities Drs Sidney Goldstein Goldstein Goldstein Gold Gold- stein and Arthur J J. Moss associate professors at the University of Rochester School of Medicine point out since the problem lies with human indecisiveness Furthermore case histories of heart attack victims show that the most stricken patients procrastinated d the longest in turning to a doctor doctor doctor doc doc- tor despite the fact that prompt hospitalization can be lifesaving The investigators investigators investigators gators conclude that patients must be trained to recognize and react promptly to danger si signals nals III |
