West Virginia University: In Rural Hospitals, Telemedicine May Promote Faster, Noninvasive Stroke Treatments
February 14, 2020
February 14, 2020
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Feb. 14 -- West Virginia University issued the following story:
A patient walks into an emergency room in rural West Virginia and complains of confusion, facial numbness and a severe headache. The doctor, suspecting a stroke, has to make a quick decision: should she treat the patient herself, or should she have the patient transferred to a stroke center an hour away staffed with specialists?
West Virginia University's telestroke program makes . . .
A patient walks into an emergency room in rural West Virginia and complains of confusion, facial numbness and a severe headache. The doctor, suspecting a stroke, has to make a quick decision: should she treat the patient herself, or should she have the patient transferred to a stroke center an hour away staffed with specialists?
West Virginia University's telestroke program makes . . .