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## [SOC Teleneurology Team Thanks EMS Personnel](https://208745.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/289277/ems-week-teleneurology)

 By [Amy Levitt](https://208745.hs-sites.com/blog/author/amy-levitt)

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It’s National EMS Week and Specialists On Call would like to take this opportunity to thank all Emergency Medical Services personnel for their vital public service and positive impact they have on the survival of anyone who experiences sudden injury or illness. We’d like to especially say thank you for their contributions to early recognition of stroke. For more than half of all stroke patients EMS is the first medical contact they have. These patients are dependent upon EMS personnel’s ability to accurately and quickly recognize the signs of stroke and get them to a neurology specialist who can prescribe life-saving treatment.

Due to the short eligibility window for administering tPA, EMS responders and [SOC’s TeleNeurology](http://specialistsoncall.com/specialties/teleneurology/) service are essential to the quality of stroke care.  Since there’s almost no way for EMS personnel to know precisely when the symptoms started, it’s even more critical that they transport the patient to a hospital that can guarantee a neurologist available for consult. Specialists On Call is the largest provider of teleneurology care in the world, with over 4,000 patients treated every month and more than 200,000 consultations performed to date. In many instances, even with a 15 minute response time, we still wouldn’t have had the opportunity to see and save a patient were it not for the expertise and fast thinking of the EMS responder.

To all Emergency Medical Services personnel: thank you. We recognize and honor you during National EMS week as well as the remaining 51 weeks a year.  We look forward to continuing our collaboration in improving stroke care.

[Contact us](http://specialistsoncall.com/contact-us/) to learn more about how we can help improve stroke care in your hospital.

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## [World Stroke Day - Learn the Warning Signs of a Stroke](https://208745.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/175622/World-Stroke-Day-Learn-the-Warning-Signs-of-a-Stroke)

 By [Joe Peterson, M.D.](https://208745.hs-sites.com/blog/author/joe-peterson-md)

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![Warning signs of stroke](https://208745.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/file-29164108-png/images/warning_signs_of_stroke.png?width=291&height=217&name=warning_signs_of_stroke.png)1 in 6 men and 1 in 5 women will experience a stroke in their lifetime; Every two seconds, someone in the world suffers a stroke; Every six seconds, someone dies of a stroke; Every six seconds, someone’s quality of life will forever be changed – they will permanently be physically disabled due to stroke.

 

Today is [World Stroke Day](http://www.worldstrokecampaign.org/2012/Pages/Home.aspx), a day dedicated to promoting stroke awareness.  SOC is proud to be one of the companies helping to fight this epidemic. There are 800,000 strokes a year in the USA; **ap****proximately one of every 50 is evaluated by a SOC physician.**

In honor of World Stroke Day we want to remind you of the tremendous work we do made possible because of the amazing employees, partners, hospital partners, and physicians we work with. Consider that, with your help, SOC:

- Provides 24/7/365 on-call emergency teleneurology coverage for 225+ hospitals in 23 states
- Delivers over 2,000 emergency teleneurology consultations each month
- Has conducted more than 55,000 emergency teleneurology consultations in less than 6 years – more than any bricks and mortar medical facility in the country
- Delivered 13,000+ stroke consults per year
- Oversaw the administration of t-PA 900+ YTD 2012

Knowing the warning signs and getting someone who may be suffering a stroke to the hospital quickly allows them to be assessed for the clot-busting drug t-PA, which may reduce disability or death from stroke. An easy way to recognize the sudden signs of stroke is to remember FAST:

**F** – Face - can the person smile?  
**A** – Arm - Can the person raise both arms?  
**S** – Speech - Can the person speak clearly and understand what you say?  
**T** – Time - Act FAST!

By simply educating yourselves and your families on the signs and symptoms of stroke and seeking immediate treatment, together we can make a profound improvement in the care of stroke patients across the country!

 

        Joe Peterson, MD

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