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Abstract 118: Paramedic-Administered Los Angeles Motor Scale identifies Ischemic Stroke with Large Vessel Occlusion and Intracranial Hemorrhage for Routing to Comprehensive Stroke Centers and Compares Favorably to Other Screening Methods

@article{Noorian2017Abstract1P,
  title={Abstract 118: Paramedic-Administered Los Angeles Motor Scale identifies Ischemic Stroke with Large Vessel Occlusion and Intracranial Hemorrhage for Routing to Comprehensive Stroke Centers and Compares Favorably to Other Screening Methods},
  author={Ali Reza Noorian and Nerses Sanossian and Kristina Shkirkova and David S. Liebeskind and Marc K Eckstein and Samuel J. Stratton and Franklin D. Pratt and Robin A Conwit and Fiona Chatfield and Latisha Sharma and Sidney Starkman and Jeffrey L. Saver},
  journal={Stroke},
  year={2017},
  volume={48}
}
Background: Considering the recent advances in endovascular thrombectomy and advances in neurocritical care of patients with intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), there is an urgent need to develop tools ... 
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Ambulance Clinical Triage for Acute Stroke Treatment: Paramedic Triage Algorithm for Large Vessel Occlusion
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The 3-step ambulance clinical triage for acute stroke treatment (ACT-FAST) is created as the first algorithmic LVO identification tool, designed to improve specificity by recognizing only severe clinical syndromes and optimizing paramedic usability and reliability.