Impact of the national public 'FAST' campaigns.

CONCLUSION: The New Zealand stroke public campaigns were associated with a rise in stroke symptom recognition, time-critical awareness, ambulance stroke notifications and thrombolysis rates. The uncontrolled nature of this study necessitates consideration of other potential contributing factors when interpreting results. Ongoing campaigns for continual reinforcement appear important. PMID: 31830016 [PubMed - in process]
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: N Z Med J Source Type: research