Jonathan Coutinho News Today

Neurologists at the Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC) have developed a swimmers cap that uses sensors to detect brainwaves, which can be used to diagnose a patient having a stroke during an ambulance ride. This makes it easier to rapidly provide the appropriate care to a patient when every second is needed, said the Amsterdam UMC, with the researchers' study published on Tuesday in the journal, Neurology.

Amsterdam University Medical Centers (UMC) has developed a brain-wave cap which can identify the severity of a stroke and send the patient to the correct hospital directly from the ambulance.