Management of possible stroke by laypeople in pre-hospital setting: who should we train?

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

The pre-hospital management of a possible stroke is fundamental for the transport of patients to the correct HUB facility; thus, they must be transported to the Emergency Department (ED) by EMS vehicles. Our study aims to analyze the factors correlated with a higher probability of accessing the ED through the EMS in this event.

Methods

This is a retrospective observational study. All accesses in the 120 EDs of the Lombardy region, with a diagnosis of discharge whose symptoms could resemble CPSS, were analyzed between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2019.

Results

We identified an increased probability of using the EMS vehicles of 0,05% (I.C. 95%: 0.04% - 0.06%; p<0.0001) for each additional year of age, considering patients aged 20 to 100 years and th

SUBMITTER: Stirparo G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10644920 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature