James H Paxton, Kevin J Keenan, John M Wilburn, Stefanie L Wise, Howard A Klausner, Matthew T Ball, Robert B Dunne, K Derek Kreitel, Larry F Morgan, William D Fales, Debbie Madhok, Nobl Barazangi, Steven T McLean, Katherine Cross, Lisa Distenfield, Jordan Sykes, Paul Lovoi, Beth Johnson, Wade S Smith
BACKGROUND: Large-vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke represents one-third of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in the United States but causes two-thirds of poststroke dependence and >90% of poststroke mortality. Prehospital LVO stroke detection permits efficient emergency medical systems (EMS) transport to an endovascular thrombectomy (EVT)-capable center. Our primary objective was to determine the feasibility of using a cranial accelerometry (CA) headset device for prehospital LVO stroke detection...
April 21, 2024: Academic Emergency Medicine