Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale Can Identify Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke.

CONCLUSIONS: A CPSS score of 3 reliably identifies LVO in AIS patients. EMS providers may be able to use the CPSS, a simple, widely adopted prehospital stroke assessment tool, with a cut-off score to screen for patients with suspected LVO.
PMID: 29297717 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Prehospital Emergency Care - January 5, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Prehosp Emerg Care Source Type: research