- Special ambulances that carry equipment to treat stroke on the spot make a difference even when there are lots of hospitals nearby, a new study suggests.
MSUs carry portable CT scanners that can diagnose the type of stroke, allowing patients with blocked arteries to be treated immediately with alteplase. To see if MSUs could reduce time to treatment even in a city with abundant hospitals, Fink's team compared the records of 66 patients with stroke symptoms who were taken to a Manhattan hospital by MSU to those of 19 patients transported by traditional ambulances.
While earlier studies showed the value of MSUs in less populated areas, their use in urban areas, such as New York, has been controversial, Hui said."That's why this study is so interesting," he added."It shows that in a high density city there still seems to be a 30 minute benefit."
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