Time is Brain: A Quality Improvement Project to Improve Stroke Outcomes by Educating EMS. (P4.308)

Conclusions: Acute stroke management requires a multidisciplinary team effort involving the EMS and stroke team. Contacting the family is essential to review contraindications in aphasic patients. Educating EMS about acute stroke management can help prevent delays in administrating IV rtPA. At our center we were able to decrease the number of delays by involving and educating the EMS.Disclosure: Dr. Singh has nothing to disclose. Dr. Sofat has nothing to disclose. Dr. Abdelhamid has nothing to disclose. Dr. Gaindh has nothing to disclose. Dr. Ahmad has nothing to disclose. Dr. Masud has nothing to disclose. Dr. Sawyer has nothing to disclose. Dr. Silvestri has received personal compensation for activities with Walgreens as a medical advisory board participant.

http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/short/84/14_Supplement/P4.308?rss=1

Source: Neurology - April 8, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Singh, K., Sofat, P., Abdelhamid, N., Gaindh, D., Ahmad, G., Masud, M., Sawyer, R., Silvestri, N. Tags: Cerebrovascular Disease and Interventional Neurology: Acute Stroke, Prehospital, and Telemedicine Source Type: research