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The barriers and facilitators to the telephonic application of the FAST assessment for stroke in a private emergency dispatch centre in South Africa

BACKGROUND: Stroke is one of the leading contributors to morbidity and mortality globally. The incidence of stroke is on the increase in Sub-Saharan countries such as South Africa. As stroke is a time-sensitive condition, emergency medical services (EMS) play an important role in the early recogniti...

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Autores principales: Mackay, Ethan, Theron, Elzarie, Stassen, Willem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Federation for Emergency Medicine 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7724157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33318913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2020.11.002