FAST Public Awareness Campaigns in Quebec
Vincent Brissette, Bastien Rioux MD, MSc, Thérésa Choisi MSc, Alexandre Y Poppe MD CM, FRCPC
Apr 20, 2022|Research Posters
Face, Arm, Speech, Time (FAST) public awareness campaigns improve stroke recognition in the general population. Whether this translates into improved emergency medical services (EMS) activation remains unclear. We assessed the effect of five consecutive FAST campaigns on EMS calls for suspected strokes in Quebec, Canada.