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Memphis Mobile Stroke Unit Saves Lives
A year after a mobile stroke unit hit the streets of Memphis, officials say it is saving lives by cutting the time it takes to treat stroke patients. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center began using the 14-ton ambulance last year as part of a three-year controlled study. The unit has a CT scanner that can X-ray images of the brain, and is equipped to provide early fluids to stroke patients and dye blood vessels to determine the type of stroke the patient has had. "The emergency room on average takes 40 to 50 minutes to do the things we do in 13 to 14 minutes," said Dr.Andrei Alexandrov, UTHSC neurolo...
Source: JEMS Special Topics - June 10, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Olivia Peterkin, The Commercial Appeal Tags: News Mobile Integrated Healthcare Source Type: news

EMS Systems Should Lower the Threshold for Stroke Alert Activation
THE RESEARCH Oostema JA, Konen J, Chassee T, et al. Clinical predictors of accurate prehospital stroke recognition. Stroke. 2015;46(6):1513–1517. THE SCIENCE Recognizing that prehospital stroke recognition and stroke code activation result in better outcomes for patients, the authors of the study examined all EMS records of suspected stroke transported over a 12-month period. They compared this to the patient’s final diagnosis. They also examined all patients diagnosed with stroke in the ED who weren’t recognized by EMS to be having a stroke. There were 441 eligible cases. Of those, 371 (84.1%) were “EMS-suspected...
Source: JEMS Special Topics - January 18, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Keith Wesley, MD, FACEP Tags: Research Neurology Columns Source Type: news

Study Shows Race and Sex Disparities in Prehospital Stroke Recognition
In this study, Govindarajan, from the University of California, San Francisco, led a diverse team of researchers comparing hospital discharge diagnosis to field impressions documented in EMS electronic charts from two California counties. The team used probabilistic linking to retrospectively associate EMS and hospital database records. They analyzed records from 14 hospitals in these two counties from 2005– 2007, and identified 10,719 stroke patients. Retrospective "data-mining" practices with large databases pose serious threats to the validity of a study. In this case however, researchers did a gre...
Source: JEMS Special Topics - September 8, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: David Page, MS, NRP Tags: Special Topics Cardiac & Resuscitation Research Columns Patient Care Source Type: news

Cleveland Clinic Selects Twiage as the Winner of 2015 New Ventures Healthcare Challenge
Cleveland, OH, October 26, 2015 – Cleveland Clinic Innovations selected Twiage, a novel prehospital communication solution that enables Emergency Departments to triage incoming ambulances, as the winner of its prestigious 3rd New Ventures Healthcare Challenge at the 2015 Medical Innovation Summit on Monday. On Monday, Dr. YiDing Yu, Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Twiage, gave the winning pitch. “Nineteen million Americans will take an ambulance to Emergency Departments this year. For many, it will be a life-threatening event.” Dr. Yu described how a first responder can use Twiage to record video of stroke sympt...
Source: JEMS Special Topics - October 26, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Leadership & Professionalism Technology Source Type: news

Epileptic Effect: The Aftermath of a Seizure isn’t Always What it Seems
Discussion Upon arrival at the receiving facility, the patient's cranial CT scan rules out any kind of stroke. She's diagnosed with epilepsy and Todd's Paralysis--a rare condition you and your partner have never heard of. Todd's Paralysis was found by clinician Robert Bentley Todd in the mid-1800s.1 It's also known as epileptic hemiplegia and is a condition that affects epileptics. It follows an epileptic seizure in which the patient experiences total or partial paralysis of one side of the body.
Source: JEMS Special Topics - May 4, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Matthew J. Cline, MA, NREMT P Tags: Patient Assessment Case of the Month Special Topics Patient Care Source Type: news

Cleveland Clinic Selects Twiage as the Winner of 2015 New Ventures Healthcare Challenge
Cleveland, OH, October 26, 2015 – Cleveland Clinic Innovations selected Twiage, a novel prehospital communication solution that enables Emergency Departments to triage incoming ambulances, as the winner of its prestigious 3rd New Ventures Healthcare Challenge at the 2015 Medical Innovation Summit on Monday. On Monday, Dr. YiDing Yu, Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Twiage, gave the winning pitch. “Nineteen million Americans will take an ambulance to Emergency Departments this year. For many, it will be a life-threatening event.” Dr. Yu described how a first responder can use Twiage to record video of stroke sympt...
Source: JEMS Special Topics - October 26, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Administration and Leadership Technology Industry News Source Type: news

Epileptic Effect: The Aftermath of a Seizure isn’t Always What it Seems
Discussion Upon arrival at the receiving facility, the patient's cranial CT scan rules out any kind of stroke. She's diagnosed with epilepsy and Todd's Paralysis--a rare condition you and your partner have never heard of. Todd's Paralysis was found by clinician Robert Bentley Todd in the mid-1800s.1 It's also known as epileptic hemiplegia and is a condition that affects epileptics. It follows an epileptic seizure in which the patient experiences total or partial paralysis of one side of the body.
Source: JEMS Special Topics - May 4, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Matthew J. Cline, MA, NREMT P Tags: Patient Care Special Topics Source Type: news