American Heart Association: Mobile Stroke Units Could Expedite Treatment and Improve Patient Outcomes in Urban Areas
December 04, 2019
December 04, 2019
DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 4 -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release:
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- Journal of the American Heart Association Report
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Mobile Stroke Units (MSUs), vehicles equipped to provide stroke treatment before reaching a hospital, provided lifesaving care to stroke patients in Manhattan approximately 30 minutes faster, compared to patients transported to hospitals in traditional ambulances and who did not receive stroke . . .
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- Journal of the American Heart Association Report
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Mobile Stroke Units (MSUs), vehicles equipped to provide stroke treatment before reaching a hospital, provided lifesaving care to stroke patients in Manhattan approximately 30 minutes faster, compared to patients transported to hospitals in traditional ambulances and who did not receive stroke . . .