Predictive Ability of an Emergency Medical Dispatch Stroke Diagnostic Tool in Identifying Hospital-Confirmed Strokes

This study evaluates the use of a Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS; Priority Dispatch Corp., Salt Lake City, UT) Stroke Diagnostic Tool (SDxT) to identify possible strokes early by comparing the tools' results to on-scene and hospital findings.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 30, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Jeff J. Clawson, Greg Scott, Isabel Gardett, Scott Youngquist, Peter Taillac, Conrad Fivaz, Christopher Olola Source Type: research