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Impact of Emergency Medical Services Stroke Routing Protocols on Primary Stroke Center Certification in California
2013
Stroke
and Purpose-Organized stroke systems of care include Primary Stroke Center (PSC) certification and preferential emergency medical services (EMS) routing of suspected patients with stroke to designated PSCs. Stroke EMS routing is not nationally governed; in California, routing is determined by county. EMS routing policies might provide an incentive for PSC accreditation. We evaluated the relationship between independent adoption of EMS routing protocols and PSC designation acquisition in
doi:10.1161/strokeaha.113.000940
pmid:24105701
fatcat:apg3cbfukbgbvkn5hxfaaa5mha