National healthline responses to a stroke scenario: Implications for early intervention

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2376-2378

  Jarrell, Brett ^a,b   Tadros, Allison ^a   Whiteman, Charles ^a   Crocco, Todd ^a   Davis, Stephen M ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consultation; Referral; Stroke; Telephone

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OPERATOR; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NEUROLOGY; NURSING; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TELEPHONE; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEUROLOGY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548210390     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.487710     Document Type: Article

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