Patients with a suspected acute ischemic stroke who are taken by emergency medical services (EMS) directly to comprehensive stroke centers rather than the nearest stroke center for care are more ...
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 3, 2022 — Time to arrival at the hospital after recurrent stroke appears to vary according to stroke history, age, race and marital status, according to preliminary research to be ...
Health Ambiguity Linked to Depression in Stroke Survivors More than one-third of stroke patients still do not use emergency medical services (EMS), despite the fact that EMS use is linked to ...
WASHINGTON -- Neighborhood factors do not influence the use of emergency medical services (EMS) for stroke as strongly as individual factors do, despite earlier indications that socio-demographic ...
Mobile stroke units (MSUs) are ambulances with staff and a computed tomographic scanner that may enable faster treatment with tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) than standard management by emergency ...