Impact of bilingual face, arm, speech, time (FAST) public awareness campaigns on emergency medical services (EMS) activation in a large Canadian metropolitan area.

Vincent Brissette Bastien Rioux Thérésa Choisi Alexandre Y Poppe

Published in: CJEM (2023)

We observed an inconsistent impact of individual FAST campaigns on EMS calls for any suspected stroke, and did not observe significant EMS call changes after individual campaigns for acute (< 5 h) and severe (CPSS 3/3) strokes. These results may help stakeholders identify potential benefits and limitations of public awareness campaigns using the FAST acronym.

Keyphrases

emergency medical
healthcare
mental health
primary care
liver failure
atrial fibrillation
drug induced
respiratory failure
early onset
intensive care unit
blood brain barrier
acute respiratory distress syndrome