Calling 911 in response to stroke: No change following a four-year educational campaign

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 342-348

  Mikulik R ^a   Goldemund, D ^a   Reif, M ^a   Brichta, J ^a   Neumann, J ^c   Jarkovsky J ^b   Kryza J ^d  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Chomutov Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^d Institute for Analysis of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Emergency stroke treatment; Health services; Prehospital management of stroke; Stroke awareness; Stroke care organization; Stroke education; Stroke educational campaign; Stroke risk factors; Symptomatology

Indexed keywords

CZECH REPUBLIC; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CZECH REPUBLIC; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052664713     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330339     Document Type: Review

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