Prehospital recognition of stroke is associated with a lower risk of death.

Carl Magnusson Johan HerlitzKatharina S SunnerhagenPer-Olof HanssonJan-Otto AnderssonKatarina Jood

Published in: Acta neurologica Scandinavica (2022)

Among patients with a stroke, more than 80% were recognized by the EMS clinician. Early recognition of stroke was associated with a markedly shorter time until arrival at the stroke unit and until the preliminary report of a CT scan. A lack of early stroke recognition was associated with an increased risk of death.

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