Accuracy of paramedic identification of stroke and transient ischemic attack in the field

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 170-175

  Smith, Wade S ^a   Isaacs, Marshal ^a,b,c   Corry, Megan D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c San Francisco Fire Department EMS Division   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency services; paramedics; stroke onset; stroke, acute; transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EDUCATION; HUMAN; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TIME; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAN FRANCISCO; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032117742     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903129808958866     Document Type: Article

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