Stroke: prospective evaluation of a prehospital management process based on rescuers under medical direction

Conclusions: The prehospital management of stroke by rescuers, under strict medical direction, seemed to be feasible and effective for selection of patients with stroke in an urban environment and may improve the access to thrombolysis.

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - February 3, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Laure Alhanati, Stéphane Dubourdieu, Clément Hoffmann, Francis Béguec, Stéphane Travers, Hugues Lefort, Olga Maurin, Daniel Jost, Laurent Domanski, Jean-Pierre Tourtier Tags: Original Contributions Source Type: research