Transcribed alarm calls are read through and analyzed using a qualitative method. Meaningful units are identified, coded and categorized. A phenomenological analysis is also applied to a separate analysis.
A study to investigate how stroke is identified and whether FAST, face-arm-speech test, is used in the emergency medical dispatch centre in Stockholm. The study will also investigate when FAST is used, does it increase the identification of stroke? And if other factors can be identified as markers for more effective identification of stroke during the emergency call.