Map Details: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Stroke Transports to Hospital Destination
Impact Statement
Emergency medical services (EMS) transport patterns and time from dispatch to hospital arrival are important to ensure rapid treatment and reduce death and disability from stroke.
Key Points
Major Findings
Minnesota counties with the highest transport times for stroke in 2014 did not have a designated stroke hospital.
How the map will be used, or has been used
Understanding transport times by EMS is important for targeting strategies to improve patient outcomes for stroke based on the prehospital phase of treatment and transport.