Patients suspected of stroke by a prehospital provider will have a headset placed to record their headpulse during the encounter. These measurements will be used to assess the accuracy of the device at predicting the presence of large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke. This may help aid in the triage decision of destination hospital for possible stroke patients.
Prehospital providers encounter patients with suspected stroke frequently. Prehospital providers need tools to help triage large vessel stroke patients to comprehensive stroke centers. This device will help prehospital providers better identify large vessel stroke patients.