INSERTING and REPLACING RAPID Imaging Platform Powers Mobile Stroke Units
Summary
RAPID is the imaging solution of choice for the mobile stroke unit of Houston’s Memorial Hermann Healthcare System — the very first MSU in the nation.When treated in a Mobile Stroke Unit, patients can be evaluated, imaged and treated before they are transported via ambulance to the emergency department, and data suggests that prehospital treatment can save a critical hour — almost doubling the odds of a patient being discharged directly to home after their stroke.It is expected that patients treated on the MSU will have fewer long-term disabilities, providing them with a better quality of life and potentially reducing overall healthcare costs.“Our research at UCLA shows that in a typical stoke where there is a large vessel occlusion, two million brain cells die for every minute that goes by without treatment, underscoring just how critical a rapid response to stroke is,” said Dr. May Nour, Medical Director of the UCLA Arline and Henry Gluck Stroke Rescue Program.This added level of imaging analysis will lead to more efficient diagnosis and triage of patients requiring routing to advanced stroke centers directly from the field.”