Telestroke ambulances in prehospital stroke management: Concept and pilot feasibility study

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2086-2090

  Liman, Thomas G ^a   Winter, Benjamin ^a   Waldschmidt, Carolin ^a   Zerbe, Norman ^b   Hufnagl, Peter ^a,b   Audebert, Heinrich J ^a   Endres, Matthias ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

acute care; emergency medicine; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE; TELESTROKE AMBULANCE; VIDEORECORDING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

AMBULANCES; BERLIN; CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 84864226387     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.657270     Document Type: Article

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