Author Details Identification of barriers to the implementation of evidence-based practice for pre-hospital thrombolysis Charles Bloe1 RGN, Charge nurse, Charles.bloe@nhs.net Chris Mair2 MBChB, General practitioner, chris.mair@doctors.org Andrew Call3 RGN, Deputy charge nurse, andrew.call@nhs.net Andrew Fuller4 Divisional operational manager, afuller@nhs.net Sue Menzies5 MCSP, MCN Manager, sue.menzies@hhb.scot.nhs.uk Stephen Leslie6 PhD, FRCP, Consultant cardiologist and honorary reader, stephen.leslie@nhs.net 1, 3 Coronary Care Unit, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, Scotland. 2 Creich GP Surgery, Cherry Grove, Scotland. 4 Scottish Ambulance Service, Inverness, Scotland. 5 Cardiology Managed Clinical Network, Inverness, Scotland. 6 Cardiac Unit, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, Scotland. Correspondence: S Leslie, Cardiac Unit, Raigmore Hospital, Old Perth Road, Inverness. IV2 3UJ  Author contribution: Charles Bloe: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, contributed to drafts, collected data. Citation: Bloe C, Mair C, Call A, Fuller A, Menzies S, Leslie SJ.  Identification of barriers to the implementation of evidence-based practice for pre-hospital thrombolysis. Rural and Remote Health 9: 1100. (Online) 2009. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 12 October 2008 Revised: 28 January 2009 Accepted: 6 March 2009