Diagnosis of stroke by emergency medical dispatchers and its impact on the prehospital care of patients

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Caceres, J Alfredo ^a   Adil, Malik M ^a   Jadhav, Vikram ^a   Chaudhry, Saqib A ^a   Pawar, Swaroop ^a   Rodriguez, Gustavo J ^a   Suri, M Fareed K ^a   Qureshi, Adnan I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; dispatcher; EMS; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STROKE; TELECONSULTATION; TIME; TIME TO TREATMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REMOTE CONSULTATION; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84889029555     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.07.039     Document Type: Article

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