Field Assessment Stroke Triage for Emergency Destination: A Simple and Accurate Prehospital Scale to Detect Large Vessel Occlusion Strokes [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions— FAST-ED is a simple scale that if successfully validated in the field, it may be used by medical emergency professionals to identify LVOS in the prehospital setting enabling rapid triage of patients.

http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/short/47/8/1997?rss=1

Source: Stroke - July 24, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Lima, F. O., Silva, G. S., Furie, K. L., Frankel, M. R., Lev, M. H., Camargo, E. C. S., Haussen, D. C., Singhal, A. B., Koroshetz, W. J., Smith, W. S., Nogueira, R. G. Tags: Revascularization, Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke, Ischemic Stroke Clinical Sciences Source Type: research