RecruitingNot Applicable

Stroke Triage Optimization by Ambulance Paramedics in the Pre-hospital Setting

Netherlands3,000 participantsStarted 2024-02-01

Plain-language summary

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

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * patients for whom a stroke code is activated Exclusion Criteria: \< 18 years

What they're measuring

final diagnosis

Timeframe: discharge or after 3 months

treated with reperfusion therapy

Timeframe: first 24 hours after admission

additional investigations

Timeframe: on admission

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06332989

SponsorLeiden University Medical Center

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2027-02-01

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