Prehospital Unassisted Assessment of Stroke Severity Using Telemedicine A Feasibility Study

Robbert-Jan Van Hooff, Melissa Cambron, Rita Van Dyck, Ann De Smedt, Maarten Moens, Alexis Valenzuela Espinoza, Rohny Van de Casseye, Andre Convents, Ives Hubloue, Jacques De Keyser, Raf Brouns*

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    Abstract

    Background and Purpose We evaluated the feasibility and the reliability of remote stroke severity quantification in the prehospital setting using the Unassisted TeleStroke Scale (UTSS) via a telestroke ambulance system and a fourth-generation mobile network.

    Methods The technical feasibility and the reliability of the UTSS were studied in healthy volunteers mimicking 41 stroke syndromes during ambulance transportation.

    Results Except for 1 issue, high-quality telestroke assessment was feasible in all scenarios. The mean examination time for the UTSS was 3.1 minutes (SD, 0.4). The UTSS showed excellent intrarater and interrater variability (=0.98 and 0.97; P

    Conclusions Remote assessment of stroke severity in fast-moving ambulances using a system dedicated to prehospital telemedicine, 4G technology, and the UTSS is feasible and reliable.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2907-2909
    Number of pages3
    JournalStroke
    Volume44
    Issue number10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Oct-2013

    Keywords

    • acute
    • diagnostic methods
    • stroke
    • stroke management
    • telemedicine

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