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Effects of a Prehospital Emergency Care System on the Treatment and Prognosis of Stroke Patients

Liu Ru-lu, Luo Meng-yue, Li Ying

Mar 22, 2017|AEDR 2017 Vol. 5 Issue 1|Original Research

We sought to study a recently implemented prehospital emergency care system and its effects on the treatment level and prognosis of stroke patients. Prior to the introduction of the new system, no dispatch triage or prehospital care was available, and most patients accessed emergency care directly, without calling an emergency number. From April 2014 to March 2015, at our associate hospital's emergency department, 325 first-time acute stroke patients were admitted to the emergency department. This cohort was divided according to hospital admission method...

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