Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

What impacts whether African Americans call 9-1-1 immediately for stroke symptoms?

African-Americans know the signs of stroke, but concerns about medical cost, ambulance response time and unfamiliarity with the need for prompt hospital care impacted whether they called 9-1-1 immediately.

Cardiology created May 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One in three stroke emergencies don't use EMS

More than a third of stroke patients don't get to the hospital by ambulance, even though that's the fastest way to get there, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart ...

Cardiology created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0