• Stroke · Jul 2020

    Prehospital Triage of Acute Stroke Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    • Mayank Goyal, Johanna M Ospel, Andrew M Southerland, Charles Wira, Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, Justin F Fraser, Peter Panagos, and AHA/ASA Stroke Council Science Subcommittees: Emergency Neurovascular Care (ENCC), the Telestroke and the Neurovascular Intervention Committees.
    • Department of Clinical Neurosciences (M.G., J.M.O.), University of Calgary, Canada.
    • Stroke. 2020 Jul 1; 51 (7): 2263-2267.

    AbstractThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has broad implications on stroke patient triage. Emergency medical services providers have to ensure timely transfer of patients while minimizing the risk of infectious exposure for themselves, their co-workers, and other patients. This statement paper provides a conceptual framework for acute stroke patient triage and transfer during the COVID-19 pandemic and similar healthcare emergencies in the future.

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