Ability of Laypersons to Use the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 384-387

  Liferidge, Aisha T ^a,b   Brice, Jane H ^a   Overby, Barbara A ^a   Evenson, Kelly R ^a  

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

^b Baltimore MD 21201 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cerebrovascular accident; dispatch; emergency medical services; stroke scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; SYMPTOM;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEPHONE;

EID: 4644260257     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prehos.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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