Identification of Stroke at the Emergency Medical Dispatch Center
- Conditions
- Stroke
- Registration Number
- NCT04784936
- Lead Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
- Brief Summary
A study to investigate how stroke is identified and whether FAST, face-arm-speech test, is used in the emergency medical dispatch centre in Stockholm. The study will also investigate when FAST is used, does it increase the identification of stroke? And if other factors can be identified as "markers" for more effective identification of stroke during the emergency call.
- Detailed Description
Transcribed alarm calls are read through and analyzed using a qualitative method. Meaningful units are identified, coded and categorized. A phenomenological analysis is also applied to a separate analysis.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 179
- Patients who has called the emergency medical dispatch centre and also are diagnosed as stroke at Södersjukhuset during the study period.
- Cases where needed documents and files are missing.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Frequency of stroke symptoms 1 h A data collection tool assessing the frequency of stroke symptoms will be developed. The data collection tool will identify stroke symptoms presented by the caller during emergency calls and assess stroke symptoms in the Face-Arm-Speech-Time Test (FAST). Stroke symptoms will then be quantified into percentages for a descriptive analysis.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Karolinska Institutet, Intitution of clinical science and education, Södersjukhuset
🇸🇪Stockholm, Sweden