Comparing Stroke Screening Checks Used by Ambulance Paramedics
Compares published stroke screening checks used by paramedics in ambulances on adults with suspected stroke.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Stroke Triage Optimization by Ambulance Paramedics in the Pre-hospital Setting
Key facts
- Where
- Leiden, NetherlandsSee the site
Where in Netherlands
- Leiden University Medical CenterLeiden, NetherlandsTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Leiden University Medical Center
- Trial code
- NCT06332989
- Record updated
- 27 March 2024
- Original description
There are everal scales designed to help ambulance paramedics to identify a patient with a stroke and activate a stroke code. These scales were never tested in the field in a large unselected patient sample. We aim to perform an in-the field head tot head comparison of all published stroke scales designed to be used by ambulance paramedicsRead full original descriptionShow less
Comparison of Prehospital Stroke Screening Scales in the Ambulance Setting; a Multiregional, Multicenter Observational Cohort Study
There are everal scales designed to help ambulance paramedics to identify a patient with a stroke and activate a stroke code. These scales were never tested in the field in a large unselected patient sample. We aim to perform an in-the field head tot head comparison of all published stroke scales designed to be used by ambulance paramedics
Inclusion: patients for whom a stroke code is activated.
Exclusion: < 18 years.