Accuracy of Emergency Medical Services Dispatcher and Crew Diagnosis of Stroke in Clinical Practice

BACKGROUND: Accurate recognition of stroke symptoms by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is necessary for timely care of acute stroke patients. We assessed the accuracy of stroke diagnosis by EMS in clinical practice in a major US city. METHODS AND RESULTS: Philadelphia Fire Department data were merg...

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Published in:Front Neurol
Main Authors: Jia, Judy, Band, Roger, Abboud, Michael E., Pajerowski, William, Guo, Michelle, David, Guy, Mechem, C. Crawford, Messé, Steven R., Carr, Brendan G., Mullen, Michael T.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Neuroscience
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5603652/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28959230
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2017.00466
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