Clinical Predictors of Accurate Prehospital Stroke Recognition [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
EMS providers recognized 3 quarters of the patients with ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack; however, half of EMS-suspected strokes were false positives. Documentation of a Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale was associated with higher EMS stroke recognition sensitivity and PPV.

Source: Stroke - May 22, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Oostema, J. A., Konen, J., Chassee, T., Nasiri, M., Reeves, M. J. Tags: Compliance/Adherence, Acute Cerebral Infarction, Emergency treatment of Stroke Clinical Sciences Source Type: research