Are suspected stroke patients identified by paramedics transported to appropriate stroke centres in Victoria, Australia?

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Are suspected stroke patients identified by paramedics transported to appropriate stroke centres in Victoria, Australia?

Emergency medical services (EMS) are vital to ensuring acute stroke patients are transported to thrombolysis and/or stroke unit centres. This 6-month audit of Victorian EMS cases found the majority of suspected acute strokes are transported to appropriate stroke centres. However, there is still room...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Bray, Janet, Coughlan, K., Mosley, I., Barger, B., Bladin, C.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2014
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16616

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