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Stroke ; 51(7): 2263-2267, 2020 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-247793

ABSTRACT

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has broad implications on stroke patient triage. Emergency medical services providers have to ensure timely transfer of patients while minimizing the risk of infectious exposure for themselves, their co-workers, and other patients. This statement paper provides a conceptual framework for acute stroke patient triage and transfer during the COVID-19 pandemic and similar healthcare emergencies in the future.


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Betacoronavirus , Emergency Medical Services/statistics & numerical data , Pandemics , Stroke/epidemiology , Triage , Acute Disease , Asymptomatic Diseases , COVID-19 , Canada/epidemiology , Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis , Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control , Coronavirus Infections/transmission , Delayed Diagnosis , Equipment Contamination , Health Workforce , Humans , Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional/prevention & control , Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient/prevention & control , Occupational Diseases/prevention & control , Pandemics/prevention & control , Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis , Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control , Pneumonia, Viral/transmission , Protective Devices , Resource Allocation , SARS-CoV-2 , Stroke/complications , Stroke/diagnosis , Stroke/therapy , Symptom Assessment , Time-to-Treatment , Transportation of Patients , Travel , Triage/methods , Triage/standards , Unconsciousness/etiology , Workflow
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