Patent ID: 7412395

Claim:
A method for scheduling an emergency procedure, comprising the steps of: acquiring an electrocardiogram record for a particular patient, said electrocardiogram record comprising simultaneously acquired 12-1lead electrocardiograms; sending said electrocardiogram record to a computer; said computer determining that said particular patient has a high probability of acute coronary syndrome based at least partly on an automated analysis of data in said electrocardiogram record; said computer automatically routing a communication to an electronic device accessible to a cardiologist on call in response to said determination by said computer that said particular patient has a high probability of acute coronary syndrome, said communication comprising said electrocardiogram record and results of said automated analysis; after said routing of said communication to said electronic device, said computer receiving a message from said cardiologist having content indicating that said patient should undergo an emergency procedure for treatment of acute coronary syndrome; and in response to said message from the cardiologist, said computer automatically scheduling said emergency procedure at an emergency coronary treatment facility.