The unit received a call within 30 seconds of launching the service. In its first 10 days of operation, it’s already provided stroke care to 12 patients, he said.

The unit can be directly dispatched via 911 to to anywhere within the hospital’s Emergency Medical Services area, including Carol Stream, Bartlett, Glen Ellyn, Glenside, Hanover Park, Roselle ...

The Mobile Stroke Unit works in concert with local emergency medical services ambulances, Richards says. "What typically happens is that a patient, loved one, or bystander will call 911.

Stony Brook Medicine is rolling out new mobile emergency units to treat people on the go who are having a stroke. On Monday, CBS2's Reena Roy got a sneak peek at how it all works. At first glance ...

Dr. Martin applauds the Congress for House Bill 3658, the Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act, which mandates that emergency services know the closest stroke unit in the area.

Either way, stroke patients in the mobile unit will be getting the care they would normally receive only after reaching an emergency room, decreasing the time to diagnosis and proper treatment.

Each unit will have a critical care nurse, paramedic, emergency medical technician and CT technologist, said Eric Niegelberg, administrative director for Emergency Medicine Services at Stony Brook ...

Time— it’s one of the most crucial elements when caring for a stroke patient. During a stroke, two million brain cells die every minute, said Dr. Peter Rasmussen of the Cleveland Clinic ...

The Cleveland Clinic's mobile stroke treatment unit, launched in 2014, brings the emergency department to the patient wherever they are stricken. Launched in 2014, it serves 11 cities in Cuyahoga ...

Topton Ambulance Service has partnered with Lehigh Valley Health Network’s mobile stroke unit to bring a higher level of emergency stroke care to those it serves. With the addition of Topton ...

Grotta connected with Frazer, a Houston-based emergency-vehicle builder, to design the Mobile Stroke Unit, and a $1 million dollar donation from Jim McIngvale, aka “Mattress Mack,” funded the ...