Improved Door-to-Needle Times and Neurological Outcomes when IV-tPA is Administered by Emergency Physicians with Advanced Neuroscience Training

The neurologic emergency department (neuro ED) at our medical center is staffed by emergency medicine physicians who have specialized neuroscience training and give IV tPA independently for acute ischemic stroke patients. Door-to-needle times (DTN), discharge location, and discharge NIHSS scores were studied between the neurologic emergency department and main emergency department with the hypothesis that all measures would be better in the neuro ED group.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Source Type: research