Improving the Prehospital Identification and Acute Care of Acute Stroke Patients: A Quality Improvement Project

Table 1

Comparison of first-aid transit time before and after training.

Time components	Before training N = 409	After training N = 446	-value
Dispatch time	2.58 ± 2.43	2.53 ± 2.29	0.75
Response time	9.55 ± 4.72	9.46 ± 4.49	0.77
Scene time	8.49 ± 4.39	8.31 ± 3.87	0.52
Transport time	8.96 ± 6.76	8.31 ± 5.12	0.11
Total transit time	29.58 ± 10	29.29 ± 8.87	0.65

The definition of time components [13]: Dispatch time: the time elapsed from receiving a call for emergency service to dispatch a PEMS crew. Response time: the time elapsed from ambulance departure to arrival to the site of an ill person. Scene time: the time elapsed from the arrival of the PEMS crew on the scene until departure. Transport time: the time elapsed from departure to arrival at a hospital. Total transit time: the sum of the above four components.