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Monitoring Prehospital Stroke Care in Utah to Assess the Feasibility of Using EMS Data for Surveillance
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Sep 15 2009
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Source: Prev Chronic Dis. 6(4).
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Journal Article:Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
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Description:Many states are developing data systems that use the data elements from the National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) to monitor prehospital stroke care. To explore the feasibility of using emergency medical services data to monitor prehospital stroke care in Utah, the Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program and the state emergency medical services agency identified variables that could potentially be used to describe prehospital stroke care and explored the actual data from the first 16 months since inception of a system compatible with NEMSIS. We were able to develop a case definition for possible stroke and to describe modes of response, response times, destination hospitals, and stroke screening practices. Although not all emergency medical services agencies in Utah used the system and the data were not always complete for each stroke case, it was feasible to design a basic surveillance system for prehospital stroke care by using the data.
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ISSN:1545-1151
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Pubmed ID:19755013
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC2774651
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Volume:6
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Issue:4
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