Difficulties in the prehospital assessment of patients with TIA/stroke.
EMS
TIA
assessment
difficulties
prehospital
stroke
Journal
Acta neurologica Scandinavica
ISSN: 1600-0404
Titre abrégé: Acta Neurol Scand
Pays: Denmark
ID NLM: 0370336
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2021
Mar 2021
Historique:
received:
06
07
2020
revised:
12
10
2020
accepted:
25
10
2020
pubmed:
4
11
2020
medline:
7
4
2021
entrez:
3
11
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In patients with TIA/stroke, early assessment is critical. To describe patients who were not directly transported to hospital by ambulance after prehospital assessment. Patients hospitalized with TIA/stroke in Gothenburg, Data were obtained from the EMS and hospital case record system. There were 7,812 patients with TIA/stroke, of which 4,853 (62%) were candidates for EMS transport. Among them, 176 (3.6%) were not directly transported to hospital by ambulance. In 45% of them, delay from symptom onset to calling for EMS was ≤24 hours. On EMS arrival, common symptom was dizziness (28%), followed by weakness in arm or leg (21%), loss of sensibility (13%), speech disturbances (7%), and facial numbness (4%). The modified National Institute of Health Stroke Score (mNIHSS) was 0 in 80% and >1 in two per cent. The NIHSS at the emergency department was 1-4 in 39% and 5-15 in six per cent. The EMS clinician made the decision not to transport the patient to hospital by the EMS in 84%, the dispatcher in 12% and the patient or relatives in four per cent. Patients were involved in the decision in 51%. Final diagnosis was stroke in 74% and the proportion who were independent in normal daily activities at hospital discharge decreased by 15% compared with before event. About 3%-4% of patients with TIA/stroke were not directly transported to hospital by EMS after prehospital assessment. The most common symptom was dizziness. Decision-support tools for EMS to identify time-sensitive conditions are required.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
In patients with TIA/stroke, early assessment is critical.
AIM
OBJECTIVE
To describe patients who were not directly transported to hospital by ambulance after prehospital assessment.
METHODS
METHODS
Patients hospitalized with TIA/stroke in Gothenburg, Data were obtained from the EMS and hospital case record system.
RESULTS
RESULTS
There were 7,812 patients with TIA/stroke, of which 4,853 (62%) were candidates for EMS transport. Among them, 176 (3.6%) were not directly transported to hospital by ambulance. In 45% of them, delay from symptom onset to calling for EMS was ≤24 hours. On EMS arrival, common symptom was dizziness (28%), followed by weakness in arm or leg (21%), loss of sensibility (13%), speech disturbances (7%), and facial numbness (4%). The modified National Institute of Health Stroke Score (mNIHSS) was 0 in 80% and >1 in two per cent. The NIHSS at the emergency department was 1-4 in 39% and 5-15 in six per cent. The EMS clinician made the decision not to transport the patient to hospital by the EMS in 84%, the dispatcher in 12% and the patient or relatives in four per cent. Patients were involved in the decision in 51%. Final diagnosis was stroke in 74% and the proportion who were independent in normal daily activities at hospital discharge decreased by 15% compared with before event.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
About 3%-4% of patients with TIA/stroke were not directly transported to hospital by EMS after prehospital assessment. The most common symptom was dizziness. Decision-support tools for EMS to identify time-sensitive conditions are required.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Observational Study
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
318-325Subventions
Organisme : Johan Herlitz
ID : ALFGBG-922511
Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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