The FAST-ED App: A Smartphone Platform for the Field Triage of Patients With Stroke [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—The FAST-ED smartphone application has great potential to improve the triage of patients with acute ischemic stroke, as it seems capable to optimize resources, reduce hospital arrivals times, and maximize the use of both intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator and endovascular treatment ultimately leading to better clinical outcomes. Future field studies are needed to properly evaluate the impact of this tool in stroke outcomes and resource utilization.
Source: Stroke - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Quality and Outcomes, Cerebrovascular Procedures, Ischemic Stroke Original Contributions Source Type: research