Stroke Education for Multidisciplinary Medical Personnel in a Rural Area of Japan for Promotion of Hospital Visit of Acute Stroke Patients

Conclusions: Our stroke education method using the FAST mnemonic designed for multidisciplinary medical personnel improved their stroke knowledge. Reorganization of the management of acute stroke and greater stroke knowledge for medical staff are necessary to increase the visits of acute stroke patients in the rural areas.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - September 5, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Hiroyuki Kawano, Chiaki Yokota, Fumio Yamamoto, Yoshiteru Mori, Yosuke Mihara, Yukio Ando, Kazuo Minematsu Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research