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  • Neurology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Health Services Research

Background:

  • Acute stroke treatment is time-sensitive, with endovascular therapy (EVT) offering significant benefits.
  • Prehospital assessment and rapid transport to specialized centers are crucial for effective acute stroke management.
  • Large vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes require timely intervention at EVT-capable facilities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review prehospital organization strategies for acute stroke treatment.
  • To highlight the importance of transfer protocols for LVO patients accessing EVT.
  • To discuss prehospital tools and routing paradigms for optimizing stroke care coordination.

Main Methods:

  • Review of current literature on prehospital stroke care organization.
  • Discussion of existing and emerging prehospital clinical tools for LVO identification.
  • Analysis of various prehospital routing paradigms (e.g., drip and ship, mothership, drip and drive, mobile stroke units).

Main Results:

  • Transfer protocols are essential for ensuring prompt access to EVT for LVO patients.
  • Triage tools and bypass protocols show potential for efficient stroke patient management.
  • Ongoing trials are comparing different routing strategies to determine optimal effectiveness.

Conclusions:

  • Effective prehospital organization is key to maximizing the benefits of acute stroke therapies.
  • Further development of accurate prehospital triage tools and optimized transfer protocols is needed.
  • Individualized, real-time decision-making tools considering patient factors, geography, and hospital capabilities are desirable for prehospital stroke care.