Tag: EMS
MRI-equipped ambulances could help speed up acute stroke diagnoses and treatments
Researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have partnered with US emergency medical services (EMS) to pilot test the first magnetic resonance...
Mobile stroke units increase odds of averting strokes and achieving complete...
Receiving intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV-tPA) in an ambulance-based mobile stroke unit (MSU) increases the likelihood of averting strokes and the odds of a...
Upcoming technologies set to forebear “new era” in prehospital stroke care
While the latest thrombectomy techniques, thrombolytic drug candidates and even neuroprotective agents are the source of much discussion in today’s neurovascular space, there is...
Get Ahead of Stroke campaign debuts new online resources for EMS...
With Brain Awareness Week (13–19 March) approaching, the Get Ahead of Stroke campaign has announced it is debuting new online resources for emergency medical...
