Prehospital utility of rapid stroke evaluation using in-ambulance telemedicine: A pilot feasibility study

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2342-2347

  Wu, Tzu Ching ^a   Nguyen, Claude ^a   Ankrom, Christy ^a   Yang, Julian ^b   Persse, David ^c   Vahidy, Farhaan ^a   Grotta, James C ^a   Savitz, Sean I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medical services; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; AMBULANCES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905373610     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005193     Document Type: Article

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