WSO Action Plan for Stroke Prehospital Care: Top Two Priorities

Authors

• Renyu Liu, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, and Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
• Jing Zhao, Department of Neurology, Minhang Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
• Amit Kandel, Department of Neurology and Emergency Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
• Siju V. Abraham, Department of Emergency Medicine, Jubilee Mission Hospital, Medical College & Research Institute, Thrissur, India.
• Gary A. Ford, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
• Marc Fisher, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
• Jeyaraj Durai Pandian, Department of Neurology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.

Document Type

Editorial

Abstract

This editorial commentary describes the consensus reached by a group of experts from the World Stroke Organization regarding two top priorities to improve stroke prehospital care on the global stage. The first priority is effective stroke action awareness, and the second is the research and development of point-of-care prehospital diagnostic technologies.

Medical Subject Headings

Humans; Stroke (therapy, diagnosis); Emergency Medical Services (methods, standards); Point-of-Care Systems

Publication Date

4-1-2025

Publication Title

CNS neuroscience & therapeutics

E-ISSN

1755-5949

Volume

31

Issue

4

First Page

e70374

PubMed ID

40256917

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1111/cns.70374

Recommended Citation

Liu, Renyu; Zhao, Jing; Kandel, Amit; Abraham, Siju V.; Ford, Gary A.; Fisher, Marc; and Pandian, Jeyaraj Durai, "WSO Action Plan for Stroke Prehospital Care: Top Two Priorities" (2025). Neurology. 2108.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurology/2108