Smartphone App for Prehospital ECG Transmission in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Activation: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Hassan Mir   ^{1, 2 *} , MD, MHI, MPH ;   Katelyn J Cullen   ^{2, 3 *} , MPH ;   Karen Mosleh   ^{2, 3 *} , MSc ;   Rafi Setrak   ^{3, 4 *} , MBChB ;   Sanjit Jolly   ^{2, 3, 5 *} , MSc, MD ;   Michael Tsang   ^{2, 3, 5 *} , MSc, MD ;   Gregory Rutledge   ^{3, 6 *} , MD ;   Quazi Ibrahim   ^{3 *} , MSc ;   Michelle Welsford   ^{2, 3, 5 *} , MD ;   Mathew Mercuri   ^{3, 7 *} , MSc, PhD ;   JD Schwalm   ^{2, 3, 5 *} , MSc, MD ;   Madhu K Natarajan   ^{2, 3, 5 *} , MSc, MD

¹ University of Ottawa Heart Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

² Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

³ Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁴ Niagara Health, St. Catharines, ON, Canada

⁵ Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁶ William Osler Health System, Brampton, ON, Canada

⁷ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

*all authors contributed equally