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Acta Neurológica Colombiana

Print version ISSN 0120-8748

Abstract

MENENDEZ RAMIREZ, Salvador; NAVARRETE ALDANA, Norberto  and  PAZ VELILLA, Alexander. Prehospital system response times in patients with suspected diagnosis of stroke in Bogotá during the years 2013 and 2014. Acta Neurol Colomb. [online]. 2017, vol.33, n.3, pp.135-141. ISSN 0120-8748.  https://doi.org/10.22379/24224022147.

INTRODUCTION:

In Stroke, the time between onset of symptoms and administration of reperfusion therapy is associated with the outcome. There is a clear benefit when patients are transported by Emergency Medical Service (EMS), and in the shortest possible time.

OBJECTIVE:

To determine the time between the ambulance dispatch and the arrival of the patient to the emergency department in stroke patient ambulance transfers by the public EMS in Bogotá, during the years 2013 and 2014.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

A descriptive observational study of a historical cohort of the stroke patient ambulance transfers of the prehospital program of the Centro Regulador de Urgencias y Emergencias de Bogotá

RESULTS:

2,161 transfers were included, 1,218 correspond to 2013 and 943 to 2014.

The median of time to the scene was 13 and 12 minutes (IQR 9-19 and 8-17 for 2012 and 2013 respectively), 30 minutes for the time of evaluation (IQR: 22-39 and 22-36 for the years 2013 and 2014 respectively) and 63 minutes for the total time for both years (IQR 50-79 and 49-72, for the years 2013 and 2014 respectively)

Keywords : Emergency Medical Services; emergency medical service communication systems; stroke; thrombolytic therapy; (MeSH).

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