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Acquisition of Prehospital Stroke Severity Scale is associated with shorter door-to-puncture times in patients with prehospital notifications transported directly to a thrombectomy center.

Nirav R BhattChristian Martin-GillAbdullah Al-QudahKatharine DermignyMohamed Fahmy DoheimLucas Rios RochaAbdullah SultanyGuvanch KakamyradovMarcelo RochaMatthew StarrRebecca PattersonAlhamza R R Al-BayatiFrancis X GuyetteRaul Gomes Nogueira
Published in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2024)
Arrival outside business hours, not meeting AHA level 1 criteria, and lack of PSSS acquisition by EMS were associated with prolonged DTP. Impacting modifiable factors such as prehospital assessment of stroke severity is an optimal target for quality improvement.
Keyphrases
  • emergency medical
  • cardiac arrest
  • trauma patients
  • atrial fibrillation
  • quality improvement