Prehospital Thrombolysis: A Manual from BerlinMartin Ebinger 1,2,5, Sascha Lindenlaub 1,3,5, Alexander Kunz 1,2,5, Michal Rozanski 2,5, Carolin Waldschmidt 2,5, Joachim E. Weber 2,5, Matthias Wendt 2,5, Benjamin Winter 1,2,5, Philipp A. Kellner 4,5, Sabina Kaczmarek 4,5, Matthias Endres 1,2,5, Heinrich J. Audebert 1,2,5
1Center for Stroke Research Berlin (CSB), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 2Klinik und Hochschulambulanz für Neurologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 3Medical School of the Universität Hamburg, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg - Eppendorf, 4Berliner Feuerwehr, 5STEMO-Consortium
Identification of suspected stroke in the dispatch center of the Berlin Fire Brigade prompts the deployment of a CT-equipped ambulance. If ischemic stroke is confirmed and contraindications are excluded prehospital thrombolysis is applied.
