TY - JOUR T1 - Mobile Stroke Unit Reduces Time to Image Acquisition and Reporting JF - American Journal of Neuroradiology JO - Am. J. Neuroradiol. SP - 1293 LP - 1295 DO - 10.3174/ajnr.A5673 VL - 39 IS - 7 AU - E.M. Nyberg AU - J.R. Cox AU - R.G. Kowalski AU - D. Vela-Duarte AU - B. Schimpf AU - W.J. Jones Y1 - 2018/07/01 UR - http://www.ajnr.org/content/39/7/1293.abstract N2 - SUMMARY: Timely administration of thrombolytic therapy is critical to maximizing the likelihood of favorable outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Although emergency medical service activation overall improves the timeliness of acute stroke treatment, the time from emergency medical service dispatch to hospital arrival unavoidably decreases the timeliness of thrombolytic administration. Our mobile stroke unit, a new-generation ambulance with on-board CT scanning capability, reduces key imaging time metrics and facilitates in-the-field delivery of IV thrombolytic therapy.EMSemergency medical serviceMSUmobile stroke unit ER -