We all know that “time is tissue” for our stroke patients. We now have four studies (Mr Clean, Escape, Extend-1A, and Swift-Prime) showing the tremendous benefits of endovascular therapy for patients with large vessel occlusion (LVO).
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FaceTime: The Answer to Cost-Effective Prehospital Telestroke?
Topics: Stroke EMS Coordinators' Corner
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Standardized Communication to Improve Inpatient STEMI Treatment Time Outcomes
Approximately 200,000 people in the United States will suffer a STEMI this year, and, according to a recently published article in the Wall Street Journal, roughly 5% of those cases will occur in patients who are already in the hospital for other unrelated ailments. (Read 'The Hospital is no Place for a Heart Attack' here).