Objective Effective provision of urgent stroke care relies upon admission to hospital by
emergency ambulance and may involve pre-hospital redirection. The proportion and …

Background Our objectives were to describe the proportion of stroke patients who arrive by
ambulance nationwide and to examine regional differences and factors associated with the …

Background Presentation by ambulance to the emergency department is critical for stroke
patients to receive time dependent treatments. However, little is known of the factors that …

Introduction: Stroke is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity. The role of the ambulance
service in acute stroke care focuses on recognition followed by rapid transport to specialist …

Background Hospital arrival via ambulance influences treatment of acute stroke. We aimed
to determine the factors associated with use of ambulance and access to evidence-based …

Background: The modality of transport to the emergency department has implications for
triage, evaluation, and treatment of patients with stroke. We performed this study to …

Background and Purpose—Few patients with acute stroke are treated with alteplase, often
due to significant prehospital delays after symptom onset. The aims of this study were to:(1) …

Emergency medical services (EMS) are vital to ensuring acute stroke patients are
transported to thrombolysis and/or stroke unit centres. This 6‐month audit of Victorian EMS …

Background and Purpose—Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator improves outcome
after ischemic stroke when given within 3 hours of symptoms onset in carefully selected …

Background A requirement of an effective acute stroke service is the early arrival of patients
to the hospital emergency department (ED). This will allow the possible use of thrombolytic …