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. 2009 Oct;6(4):A137.
Epub 2009 Sep 15.

Monitoring prehospital stroke care in Utah to assess the feasibility of using EMS data for surveillance

Zane Shaeffer  1 , Dorothy Gohdes, Joshua Legler, Peter Taillac, Barbara Larsen
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Monitoring prehospital stroke care in Utah to assess the feasibility of using EMS data for surveillance

Zane Shaeffer et al. Prev Chronic Dis. 2009 Oct.

Abstract

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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