Abstract
Centres that use CPSS more frequently during phone dispatch showed greater agreement with on-the-scene prehospital assessments, both in correctly identifying more cases with stroke/TIA symptoms and in giving fewer false positives for non-stroke/TIA cases. Our study shows an extreme variability in the performance among OCs, highlighting that form many centres there is room for improvement in both sensitivity and positive predictive value of the dispatch. Our results should be used for benchmarking proposals in the effort to identify best practices across the country.
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MedicineStroke (engine)Emergency medicineEmergency medical servicesTelephone interviewEmergency departmentInternal medicine
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- 13
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- 1
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- 513-513
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Assunta De Luca,
Paolo Giorgi Rossi,
Guido Villa
(2013).
The use of Cincinnati prehospital stroke scale during telephone dispatch interview increases the accuracy in identifying stroke and transient ischemic attack symptoms.
BMC Health Services Research
, 13
(1)
, 513-513.
https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-513
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- 10.1186/1472-6963-13-513