Higher prehospital priority level for stroke makes sense: the Hyper Acute STroke Alarm (HASTA) study

World Neurosurg. 2014 Jul-Aug;82(1-2):e171-2. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.03.066. Epub 2013 Mar 27.

Authors

Najib E El Tecle¹, Tarek Y El Ahmadieh¹, Marc R Daou¹, Bernard R Bendok²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
² Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 23542391
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.03.066

No abstract available

Keywords: HASTA; Hyperacute stroke alarm; Priority level; Stroke.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Emergency Medical Services / methods*
Female
Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use*
Hospital Units / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Male
Stroke / drug therapy*
Thrombolytic Therapy*
Transportation of Patients / statistics & numerical data*
Triage / methods*

Substances

Fibrinolytic Agents