How do interventions to improve the efficiency of acute stroke care affect prehospital times? A systematic review and narrative synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emergency medical services (EMS) are the first point of contact for most acute stroke patients. EMS call to hospital times have increased in recent years for stroke patients in the UK which is undesirable due to the relationship between time and effectiveness of reperfusion treatment. This review aimed to identify and describe interventions devised to improve the efficiency of acute stroke care which reported an impact on ground-based EMS call to hospital times.

Methods

A systematic review of published literature identified from five databases (Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, the Cochrane library and the Database of Research in Stroke (DORIS)) from January 2000 to December 2020 with narrative synthesis was conducted. Inclusion criteria were primary studies of ground-base

SUBMITTER: McClelland G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9440533 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature