Doctorate
Doctorate Title: Emergency Medical Services Capacity for Prehospital Care of Stroke Patients in North Carolina.
Doctorate Description: Prehospital stroke care requires continuous monitoring and quality improvement efforts at the system and personnel levels. This doctoral dissertation identified areas of Emergency Medical Services system capacity in need of improvement and evaluated predictors of prehospital delays in acute stroke care in North Carolina. Other regions in the United States could similarly assess their stroke experiences using these approaches and methods.
Details:
Type: PhD
University: University of North Carolina
Primary Supervisor: Dr. Wayne Rosamond
Category: Neurology
Funding: None
Start Date: 2007
End Date: 2013
Status: Complete
Thesis
ThesisResearch Interests
acute stroke, acute myocardial infarction, prehospital research methods, clinical trials
Publications
1. Patel MD, Brice JH, Evenson KR, Rose KM, Suchindran CM, Rosamond WD. Emergency Medical Services Capacity for Prehospital Stroke Care in North Carolina. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2013;10:130035. PMCID: PMC3767834
2. Patel MD, Brice JH, Moss C, Suchindran CM, Evenson KR, Rose KM, Rosamond WD. An Evaluation of Emergency Medical Services Stroke Protocols and Scene Times. Prehospital Emergency Care. 2014;18:15-21. PMCID: PMC3973028
