Identification of Stroke at the Emergency Medical Dispatch Center

A study to investigate how stroke is identified and whether FAST, face-arm-speech test, is used in the emergency medical dispatch centre in Stockholm. The study will also investigate when FAST is used, does it increase the identification of stroke? And if other factors can be identified as "markers" for more effective identification of stroke during the emergency call.

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Key information

Conditions

Stroke Brain Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Cerebrovascular Disorders Nervous System Diseases Vascular Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Karolinska Institutet, Intitution of clinical science and education, Södersjukhuset

Stockholm, 11883, Sweden

About this study

Transcribed alarm calls are read through and analyzed using a qualitative method. Meaningful units are identified, coded and categorized. A phenomenological analysis is also applied to a separate analysis.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Patients who has called the emergency medical dispatch centre and also are diagnosed as stroke at Södersjukhuset during the study period.

Exclusion criteria

Cases where needed documents and files are missing.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Frequency of stroke symptoms

Time frame: 1 h

A data collection tool assessing the frequency of stroke symptoms will be developed. The data collection tool will identify stroke symptoms presented by the caller during emergency calls and assess stroke symptoms in the Face-Arm-Speech-Time Test (FAST). Stroke symptoms will then be quantified into percentages for a descriptive analysis.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Karolinska Institutet

Other

Registry information

Acronym: IdStroke

Important dates

Study start: 2010
Primary completion: 2013
Study completion: 2013
First posted: Mar 5, 2021
Registry last updated: Mar 5, 2021

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