In acute stroke management, time is brain. Bringing swift treatment to the patient, instead of
the conventional approach of awaiting the patient's arrival at the hospital for treatment, is a …

The year 2020 was the year of the nurse, celebrating nurse scholarship, innovation, and
leadership by promoting scientific nursing research, improving nursing practice, advancing …

Background and Purpose—It remains debated whether clinical scores can help identify
acute ischemic stroke patients with large-artery occlusion and hence improve triage in the …

Background The prehospital phase is critical in ensuring that stroke treatment is delivered
quickly and is a major source of time delay. This study sought to identify and examine …

Background: The treatment of stroke is dependent on a narrow therapeutic time window that
requires interventions to be emergently pursued. Despite recent “FAST” initiatives that have …

Background The PRE-hospital Stroke Treatment Organization was formed in 2016 as an
international consortium of medical practitioners involved in pre-hospital treatment of …

Introduction Effective triage of patients with emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO) to
endovascular therapy capable centers may decrease time to treatment and improve …

Background and Purpose—Endovascular thrombectomy (ET) door-to-puncture time (DTPT)
is a modifiable metric. One of the most important, yet time-consuming steps, is …

In acute stroke management, time is brain, as narrow therapeutic windows for both
intravenous thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy depend on expedient and …

Background and Purpose—Rapid initiation of endovascular stroke treatment is associated
with better clinical outcome. The effect of specific improvements is not well known. We …