Every minute counts between a stroke and the patient receiving proper care.
Therefore, there is much to gain from a neurologist participating in the assessment already during the ambulance transport, according to the Chalmers-led study.
The major advantage is that it can be determined already in the ambulance whether the patient should be taken to a university hospital or to a closer emergency hospital.
This can, according to the researchers, save up to 1.5 hours for a patient.
We believe that there can be very large gains, says Stefan Candefjord, researcher in digital health at Chalmers.
Stroke is a good example, but you can certainly find more applications where time is short and important decisions need to be made.
