Agreement between ambulance and hospital records for information promoting urgent stroke treatment decisions
Conclusion: In a retrospective cohort of stroke patients admitted by emergency ambulance, standard practice did not consistently result in prehospital documentation of information that could promote rapid treatment decisions. Training emergency practitioners and/or providing clinical protocols could facilitate early stroke treatment decisions, but prehospital information availability is likely to be a limiting factor.
Source: European Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
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