Prehospital/EMS Care
Consensus recommendations to support stroke systems of care in urban, suburban and rural settings
Ensuring that all people have access to timely, high-quality stroke care no matter where they live is an important goal of the American Stroke Association.
The ASA is joined in this endeavor by the American Academy of Neurology, American Society of Neuroradiology, National Association of EMS Physicians, National Association of State EMS Officials, the Neurocritical Care Society, Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery and Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology.
The organizations have endorsed consensus recommendations to support local and regional EMS agencies and stroke advisory committees in integrating the elements of a stroke system of care in three key regional settings: urban, suburban and rural. When implemented, these recommendations can help ensure acute stroke patients are triaged to the right place in the right amount of time for the most appropriate treatment.
Prehospital Transport Resources
- Prehospital SSOC Statement Summary (PDF)
- Mission: Lifeline® Stroke
- EMS Stroke Alert Form (PDF)
- Stroke Training for EMS Professionals (PDF)
- Stroke Training for EMS Professionals (Presentation)
- Recommendations for Regional Stroke Destination Plans in Rural, Suburban, and Urban Communities from the Prehospital Stroke System of Care Consensus Conference
- Stroke Transport Rural (Infographic)
- Stroke Transport Suburban (Infographic)
- Stroke Transport Urban (Infographic)
Treatment Starts in the Field
