The identification of acute stroke: An analysis of emergency calls

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 408-412

  Jones, Stephanie P ^a   Carter, Bernie ^a   Ford, Gary A ^b   Gibson, Josephine M E ^a   Leathley, Michael J ^a   Mcadam, Joanna J ^a   O'Donnell, Mark ^c   Punekar, Shuja ^d   Quinn, Tom ^e   Watkins, Caroline L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute; Communication; Delay; Emergency calls; Emergency dispatch; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLLAPSE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CALL SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER;

ACUTE; COMMUNICATION; DELAY; EMERGENCY CALLS; EMERGENCY DISPATCH; STROKE;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENGLAND; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TRIAGE;

EID: 84881484588     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2011.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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