학술논문
Prehospital stroke care in Africa: The reality and potential solutions.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*EMERGENCY medical services
*STROKE units
*STROKE
*HEALTH facilities
*MEDICAL personnel
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ISSN
1755-5930
Abstract
MSUs prevent in-hospital treatment delays, and most MSU programs are activated on scene by first responders when stroke symptoms are recognized. Available reports show that stroke is the second highest cause of mortality globally, resulting in 6.2 million deaths a year. Using numbers to represent stroke signs and symptoms is the easiest way to promote stroke awareness across many languages, instead of FAST, the commonly used acronym for stroke education purposes in English-speaking countries. [Extracted from the article]