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Training emergency services’ dispatchers to recognise stroke: an interrupted time-series analysis

BACKGROUND: Stroke is a time-dependent medical emergency in which early presentation to specialist care reduces death and dependency. Up to 70% of all stroke patients obtain first medical contact from the Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Identifying ‘true stroke’ from an EMS call is challenging, wi...

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Autores principales: Watkins, Caroline L, Leathley, Michael J, Jones, Stephanie P, Ford, Gary A, Quinn, Tom, Sutton, Chris J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23947656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-318