The face arm speech test: Does it encourage rapid recognition of important stroke warning symptoms?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 467-471

  Robinson, Thompson G ^a   Reid, Ann ^b   Haunton, Victoria Joanna ^a   Wilson, Andrew ^a   Naylor, A Ross ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYEE; ETHNIC GROUP; FACE ARM SPEECH TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SPEECH DISORDER; STUDENT; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORKPLACE;

AGED; FAST; NEUROLOGY; NURSING HOME CARE; PRIMARY CARE; STROKE; SYMPTOM AWARENESS; THROMBOLYSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHAEMIC ATTACK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878020834     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201471     Document Type: Article

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