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Universitätsklinikum Hamburg - Eppendorf

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Medicine

Prehospital Thrombolysis: A Manual from Berlin

Martin 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.