BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Immediately calling an ambulance is the key factor in reducing time to hospital presentation for @entity64 . Little is known about prehospital care in childhood @entity385 ( @entity385 ). We aimed to determine emergency medical services call-taker and paramedic diagnostic sensitivity and to describe timelines of care in childhood @entity385 . METHODS: This is a retrospective study of ambulance-transported @entity1 aged <18 years with first radiologically confirmed @entity385 , from 2008 to 2015. Interhospital transfers of @entity1 with preexisting @entity385 diagnosis were excluded. RESULTS: Twenty-three @entity1 were identified; 4 with unavailable ambulance records were excluded. Nineteen @entity1 were included in the study. Median age was 8 years (interquartile range, 3-14); median Pediatric National Institutes of @entity64 Severity Scale score was 8 (interquartile range, 3-16). Emergency medical services call-taker diagnosis was @entity64 in 4 @entity1 (21%). Priority code 1 (lights and sirens) ambulances were dispatched for 13 @entity1 (68%). Paramedic diagnosis was @entity64 in 5 @entity1 (26%), hospital prenotification occurred in 8 @entity1 (42%), and 13 @entity1 (68%) were transported to primary @entity64 centers. Median prehospital timelines were onset to emergency medical services contact 13 minutes, call to scene 12 minutes, time at scene 14 minutes, transport time 43 minutes, and total prehospital time 71 minutes (interquartile range, 60-85). CONCLUSIONS: Emergency medical services call-taker and paramedic diagnostic sensitivity and prenotification rates are low in childhood @entity385 .

Prehospital Emergency Care in Childhood Arterial XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children'] @entity64 :: ('MESH:D020521', 'Disease') :: ['adult stroke', 'stroke', 'Stroke'] @entity385 :: ('MESH:D002544', 'Disease') :: ['AIS', 'arterial ischemic stroke']
@entity385 :: (MESH:D002544,Disease) :: ['Ischemic Stroke']
