Recognition of visual symptoms in stroke: a challenge to patients, bystanders, and Emergency Medical Services.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Identification of visual symptoms as a sign of acute stroke can be challenging for both first line healthcare professionals and lay persons. Failed recognition of visual symptoms by medical dispatchers at the Emergency Medical Dispatch Center (EMDC-112) or personnel at the Out-of-Hours Health Service (OOHS) may delay stroke revascularization. We aimed to identify correct system response to visual symptoms in emergency calls.

Methods

Phone calls from patient or bystander to the EMDC-112 or OOHS, which included visual symptoms on patients later verified with stroke/Transient ischemic attack (TIA) diagnosis, were analyzed. Data were stratified according to hospitalization within and after 4.5 h from symptom onset. Descriptive and multiple logistic regression analysis

SUBMITTER: Berg KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10463357 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature