National Healthline Responses to a Stroke Scenario
Author(s) -
Brett Jarrell,
Allison Tadros,
Charles Whiteman,
Todd J. Crocco,
Stephen M. Davis
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.107.487710
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , triage , medical emergency , neurology , emergency department , emergency medical services , presentation (obstetrics) , emergency medicine , phone , surgery , nursing , mechanical engineering , psychiatry , engineering , linguistics , philosophy
Acute stroke is a time-dependent emergency in which patients often arrive outside of the therapeutic treatment windows. To determine the role that healthlines may have in promoting early presentation, this study evaluated patterns of healthline triage of potential stroke patients.
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