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ACCURACY OF STROKE RECOGNITION BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHERS AND PARAMEDICS-SAN DIEGO EXPERIENCE

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Background. Prehospital personnel in Emergency Medical Service (EMS) systems have varying levels of accuracy in stroke recognition. Identifying the accuracy of emergency medical dispatcher using Medical Priority Dispatch Systems (MPDS) stroke protocol and paramedics may help understand the accuracy of stroke recognition in about 3000 emergency medical dispatch systems and prehospital systems world wide. Objective. Our aim was to assess the accuracy of stroke identification in emergency medical dispatchers (EMD) with high compliance to MPDS protocol and paramedics using Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale (CSS). Methods. This was a retrospective observational study. Data was ...

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