Gordian Jan Hubert
The “Flying Intervention Team”: A Novel Stroke Care Concept for Rural Areas
Hubert, Gordian Jan; Kraus, Frank; Maegerlein, Christian; Platen, Sabine; Friedrich, Benjamin; Kain, Hans-Ulrich; Witton-Davies, Thomas; Hubert, Nikolai Dominik; Zimmer, Claus; Bath, Philip M.; Audebert, Heinrich J.; Haberl, Roman L.
Authors
Frank Kraus
Christian Maegerlein
Sabine Platen
Benjamin Friedrich
Hans-Ulrich Kain
Thomas Witton-Davies
Nikolai Dominik Hubert
Claus Zimmer
PHILIP BATH philip.bath@nottingham.ac.uk
Stroke Association Professor of Stroke Medicine
Heinrich J. Audebert
Roman L. Haberl
Abstract
Background: Endovascular treatment of large vessel occlusion in acute ischemic stroke patients is difficult to establish in remote areas, and time dependency of treatment effect increases the urge to develop health care concepts for this population. Summary: Current strategies include direct transportation of patients to a comprehensive stroke center (CSC) (“mothership model”) or transportation to the nearest primary stroke center (PSC) and secondary transfer to the CSC (“drip-and-ship model”). Both have disadvantages. We propose the model “flying intervention team.” Patients will be transported to the nearest PSC; if telemedically identified as eligible for thrombectomy, an intervention team will be acutely transported via helicopter to the PSC and endovascular treatment will be performed on site. Patients stay at the PSC for further stroke unit care. This model was implemented at a telestroke network in Germany. Fifteen remote hospitals participated in the project, covering 14,000 km2 and a population of 2 million. All have well established telemedically supported stroke units, an angiography suite, and a helicopter pad. Processes were defined individually for each hospital and training sessions were implemented for all stroke teams. An exclusive project helicopter was installed to be available from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. during 26 weeks per year. Key Messages: The model of the flying intervention team is likely to reduce time delays since processes will be performed in parallel, rather than consecutively, and since it is quicker to move a medical team rather than a patient. This project is currently under evaluation (clinicaltrials NCT04270513).
Citation
Hubert, G. J., Kraus, F., Maegerlein, C., Platen, S., Friedrich, B., Kain, H., …Haberl, R. L. (2021). The “Flying Intervention Team”: A Novel Stroke Care Concept for Rural Areas. Cerebrovascular Diseases, 50(4), 375–382. https://doi.org/10.1159/000514845
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 2, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Apr 13, 2021 |
Publication Date | Jul 1, 2021 |
Deposit Date | Jan 5, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 14, 2022 |
Journal | Cerebrovascular Diseases |
Print ISSN | 1015-9770 |
Electronic ISSN | 1421-9786 |
Publisher | Karger Publishers |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 50 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 375–382 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1159/000514845 |
Keywords | Neurology; Clinical Neurology; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5200852 |
Publisher URL | https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/514845 |
Additional Information | The final, published version of this article is available at https://www.karger.com/?doi=10.1159/000514845 |
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