ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Prehospital Management of Patients with Suspected Acute Stroke: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
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- Status of emergency medical service use for acute ischemic stroke in China.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic phases on emergency medical services reaction times in Southern Poland.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Trends in Ischemic Stroke Hospitalization and Outcomes in the United States Pre- and Peri-COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Inpatient Sample Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Identification of Specific Recommendations for Prehospital Stroke Care Associated with Shorter Door-to-CT Times - an analysis of Get with the Guidelines-Stroke registry and prehospital data.Frontiers in stroke · 2024Article
- Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on advanced life support units' prehospital management of the stroke code in four Spanish regions: an observational study.BMC emergency medicine · 2023Observational
- The effect of regional distribution of isolation rooms in emergency departments on ambulance travel time during the COVID-19 pandemic.Clinical and experimental emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Effect of the pandemic on prehospital management of patients with mental and behavioral disorders: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS) can be successfully handled if it is noticed early in the prehospital setting and immediately diagnosed in the emergency department (ED). The coronavirus pandemic has altered the way health care is delivered and has had a profound impact on healthcare delivery. The effects could include prioritizing the prevention of COVID-19 spread, which could result in the discontinuation or deferral of non-COVID-19 care. We used the National Emergency Medical Service Command Support System, a register of medical interventions performed by emergency medical services (EMS) in Poland, to assess the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic across the Masovian Voivodeship on suspected stroke patients' baseline characteristics, prehospital vital parameters, clinical and neurological status, emergency procedures performed on the prehospital phase and EMS processing times. Between 1 April 2019 and 30 April 2021, the study population included 18,922 adult suspected stroke patients who were treated by EMS teams, with 18,641 admitted to the emergency departments. The overall number of suspected stroke patients treated by EMS remained unchanged during COVID-19 compared to the pre-COVID-19 period; however, the average time from call to hospital admission increased by 15 min.
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