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Agreement Between Ambulance Paramedic- and Physician-Recorded Neurological Signs with Face Arm Speech Test (FAST) in Acute Stroke Patients
Stroke 35:1355-1359, Nor,A.M.,et al, 2004
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Article Abstract
Recognition of neurological deficits by ambulance paramedics using FAST shows good agreement with physician assessment, even allowing for temporal evolution of deficits. The high prevalence and good agreement for arm weakness suggest that this sign may have the greatest usefulness for prehospital ambulance triage and paramedic-based neuroprotective trials.
 
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