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CTE, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, is coming to the forefront of public awareness after numerous professional American football players began suffering a constellation of symptoms: paranoia, ...

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Note: This article is in response to West End, Pennsylvania Ambulance Services’ ‘One Breath From Death’ Campaign which NeuroEMS.com considers to be unscientific and unethical. Click here t...

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A new development in the TPA debate as ACEP (American College of Emergency Physicians) has updated their policy regarding TPA use in stroke. The draft policy can be viewed here in full, but le...

http://neuroems.fireemsblogs.com/2015/01/16/acep-updates-tpa-guidelines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=acep-updates-tpa-guidelines

Prehospital use of transcranial ultrasound to diagnose strokes is feasible, according to this paper. The study required stroke neurologists to rendezvous with paramedics on possible stroke calls ...

http://neuroems.fireemsblogs.com/2014/08/03/prehospital-transcranial-ultrasound-to-diagnose-stroke/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prehospital-transcranial-ultrasound-to-diagnose-stroke

We focus a lot on acute stroke patients. Rapid response. Rapid assessment. Rapid transport. Dispatch, Delivery, Door, and Drug. But what about the other D’s associated with stroke such as Disch...

http://neuroems.fireemsblogs.com/2014/06/17/stroke-the-survivor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stroke-the-survivor

Heart Attacks have the benefit of the EKG. A quick test. An expert read. A diagnosis (or close). On top of the EKG blood tests will be ordered. In stroke, there’s no luxury of an easy diagnosti...

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The 3AM call for a vital signs check is always a frustrating one. We’ve all been there, half-asleep, exhausted, wrinkled uniform. The patient’s blood pressure is high, as usual, and it has...

http://neuroems.fireemsblogs.com/2014/05/19/duty-to-educate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=duty-to-educate

Published in JAMA last month the Prehospital Acute Neurological Treatment and Optimization of Medical care in Stroke Study (PHANTOM-S; conducted in Berlin, Germany) studied 6182 patients randomiz...

http://neuroems.fireemsblogs.com/2014/05/14/tpa-in-the-truck-results-of-the-phantom-s-trial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tpa-in-the-truck-results-of-the-phantom-s-trial

Let’s start with a question which we will circle back to later: Have you ever turned red out of embarrassment, stuttered a bit around the person you had a crush on, or felt your hands trem...

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In this study out of UCSF, patients were surveyed as to see if they would prefer treatment with fibrinolytic (TPA) therapy in the event of a stroke. Adults over 50 years of age read a scena...

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