Prehospital Transport Time Intervals for Acute Stroke Patients

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-45

  Ramanujam, Prasanthi ^a   Castillo, Edward ^b   Patel, Ekta ^c   Vilke, Gary ^b   Wilson, Michael P ^b   Dunford, James V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c San Diego County Division of Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebrovascular accident; emergency medical services; neurological manifestations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TIME;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 67349145938     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.11.092     Document Type: Article

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