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Linda Frederiksen, MPA

Saving Brain in Stroke Patients

Linda Frederiksen, MPA, Charles Gipson, MA, Brandon Miller-Guss

Aug 17, 2018|Research Posters

In April, 2014 MEDIC Emergency Medical Services (MEDIC EMS) began activation of call-taker initiated activation of stroke alerts based off of the Stroke Diagnostic Tool on Protocol 28 (Stroke [CVA/Transient Ischemic Attack [TIA])—a tool in the Medical Priority Dispatch System™ (MPDS®) (Version 13, 2016, Priority Dispatch Corp., Salt Lake City, UT, USA). Stroke alerts are sent to the local stroke certified receiving facilities and then to the responding ambulance of the MPDS stroke Determinant Code. Once clear evidence of a stroke (Suffix J) is determined, call takers advise local...

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