FIELD ACTIVATION OF THE CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY IMPROVES REPERFUSION TIME IN PATIENTS WITH ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION UNDERGOING PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE AT THE QE II HSC, HALIFAX

which 25,997 (38.6%) involved at least one transfer from the index hospitalization. Generally, more young patients and more males were transferred (Table). Transfer rates decreased as age increased in both males and females, and differed significantly between sexes in the older age groups (Table). Overall, patients who were transferred had lower 30-day mortality rates compared to those who were not transferred (3.9% vs. 19.5%, p < 0.0001); these differences in mortality increased with age for both females and males.