STROKE ALERT NOTIFICATION BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH: ZERO MINUTE STROKE PREDICTABILITY
I. Frederiksen, C. Gibson, J. Harris, M. Nugent, K. Hodges, R. Swift
Mar 01, 2014|AEDR 2014 Vol. 2 Issue 1|Poster Abstracts
MEDIC EMS, headquartered in Davenport, IA, is a non-profit emergency medical services (EMS) corporation. MEDIC EMS serves a population base of approximately 175,000 people, and its primary 911 ambulance coverage area is approximately 375 (82%) of Scott County's 456 total square miles. All MEDIC EMS System Status Controllers are Certified Emergency Medical Dispatchers (EMDs) through the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED). The aim of this study, conducted by MEDIC EMS, is to expedite treatment for patients transported by ambulance to Primary Stroke...