Calling emergency medical services for acute stroke: A study of 9-1-1 tapes

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-23

  Rosamond, Wayne D ^a   Evenson, Kelly R ^a   Schroeder, Emily B ^a   Morris, Dexter L ^b   Johnson, Anne Marie ^a   Brice, Jane H ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Emergency medical services; Prehospital; Stroke; Time factors; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SPEECH DISORDER; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WALKING; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; TELEPHONE; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 23244435296     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120590891985     Document Type: Article

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