Acute Stroke: Current Evidence-based recommendations for prehospital care

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 104-128

  Glober, Nancy K ^a   Sporer, Karl A ^b,c   Guluma, Kama Z ^a   Serra, John P ^a   Barger, Joe A ^b   Brown, John F ^b,c   Gilbert, Gregory H ^b,d   Koenig, Kristi L ^b,e   Rudnick, Eric M ^b   Salvucci, Angelo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMS Medical Association of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RATING SCALE; UNITED STATES; CALIFORNIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROCEDURES; STROKE;

CALIFORNIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STROKE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84962515961     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2015.12.28995     Document Type: Article

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