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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Prehospital Phase of the Stroke Chain of Survival: A Prospective Observational Study Tuukka Puolakka, MD; Daniel Strbian, MD, PhD, FESO, MSc (Stroke Med); Heini Harve, MD, PhD; Markku Kuisma, MD, PhD; Perttu J. Lindsberg, MD, PhD, FAHA, FESO
Background-—Few studies have discussed the emergency call and prehospital care as a continuous process to decrease the prehospital and in-hospital delays for acute stroke. To identify features associated with early hospital arrival (