Background: After onset of acute ischemic stroke (AIS), there is a limited time window for
delivering acute reperfusion therapies (ART) aiming to restore normal brain circulation …

Abstract Purpose of Review Several approaches have been developed to optimize
prehospital systems for acute stroke given poor access and significant delays to timely …

Background and purpose To simulate patient-level costs, analyze the economic potential of
telemedicine-based mobile stroke units for acute prehospital stroke care, and identify major …

Featured Application The aim of this article is to describe the design and development of a
light-weight computed tomography (CT) scanner for use in an air-mobile stroke unit (Air …

Background The available literature on mobile stroke units (MSU) has focused on clinical
outcomes, rather than operational performance. Our objective was to establish normalized …

Background Recanalization of cerebral large‐vessel occlusions (LVOs) by intravenous
thrombolysis is infrequent but has been relatively unexplored with ultraearly treatment. We …

A mobile stroke unit (MSU) is a special type of ambulance, where stroke patients can be
diagnosed and provided intravenous treatment, hence allowing to cut down the time to …

Stroke places a significant burden on society and is devastating for individuals and their
families. This thesis investigates the prehospital factors that impact on acute stroke …

Immediate treatment is of extreme importance for stroke patients. However, providing fast
enough treatment for stroke patients is far from trivial, mainly due to logistical challenges and …