Publication: Prehospital time of suspected stroke patients treated by emergency medical service: a nationwide study in Thailand
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2021-12-01
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18651380
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18651372
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Mahidol University
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International Journal of Emergency Medicine. Vol.14, No.1 (2021)
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Phantakan Tansuwannarat, Pongsakorn Atiksawedparit, Arrug Wibulpolprasert, Natdanai Mankasetkit Prehospital time of suspected stroke patients treated by emergency medical service: a nationwide study in Thailand. International Journal of Emergency Medicine. Vol.14, No.1 (2021). doi:10.1186/s12245-021-00361-w Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/77555
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Prehospital time of suspected stroke patients treated by emergency medical service: a nationwide study in Thailand
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Background: This work was to study the prehospital time among suspected stroke patients who were transported by an emergency medical service (EMS) system using a national database. Methods: National EMS database of suspected stroke patients who were treated by EMS system across 77 provinces of Thailand between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2018, was retrospectively analyzed. Demographic data (i.e., regions, shifts, levels of ambulance, and distance to the scene) and prehospital time (i.e., dispatch, activation, response, scene, and transportation time) were extracted. Time parameters were also categorized according to the guidelines. Results: Total 53,536 subjects were included in the analysis. Most of the subjects were transported during 06.00-18.00 (77.5%) and were 10 km from the ambulance parking (80.2%). Half of the subjects (50.1%) were served by advanced life support (ALS) ambulance. Median total time was 29 min (IQR 21, 39). There was a significant difference of median total time among ALS (30 min), basic (27 min), and first responder (28 min) ambulances, Holm P = 0.009. Although 91.7% and 88.3% of the subjects had dispatch time ≤ 1 min and activation time ≤ 2 min, only 48.3% had RT ≤ 8 min. However, 95% of the services were at the scene ≤ 15 min. Conclusion: Prehospital time from EMS call to hospital was approximately 30 min which was mainly utilized for traveling from the ambulance parking to the scene and transporting patients from the scene to hospitals. Even though only 48% of the services had RT ≤ 8 min, 95% of them had the scene time ≤ 15 min.