Enhanced dispatch and rendezvous doubles the catchment area and number of patients treated on a mobile stroke unit

Mobile Stroke Units (MSUs) deliver acute stroke treatment on-scene in coordination with Emergency Medical Services (EMS). One criticism of the MSU approach is the limited range of a single MSU. The Houston MSU is evaluating MSU implementation, and we developed a rendezvous approach as an innovative solution to expand the range and number of patients treated.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - July 15, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Stephanie A Parker, Tessa Kus, Ritvij Bowry, Nicole Gutierrez, Chunyan Cai, Jose-Miguel Yamal, Suja Rajan, Mengxi Wang, Asha P Jacob, Christopher Souders, David Persse, James C Grotta Source Type: research