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Grady reverified by the American College of Surgeons as Atlanta's only Level 1 Trauma Center to achieve this coveted status News provided by Share this article Share this article ATLANTA, May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Grady Memorial Hospital's Marcus Trauma Center has again earned the highest national trauma recognition — Level I Trauma Center, verified by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Designated a Georgia Level I trauma center since 1987, Grady remains the only nationally verified Level I trauma center in metro Atlanta and north Georgia. Grady Memorial Hospital Marcus Trauma and ...

Credit: UCLA Health A new study involving UCLA researchers finds that mobile stroke units (MSUs) - state-of-the-art ambulances built to provide stroke patients with emergency neurological diagnosis and treatment prior to hospital arrival -- improve patient outcomes and lessen the chance for disability by delivering care faster than standard stroke care. The UCLA Mobile Stroke Unit serves as a shared regional resource of LA County EMS Provider Agencies, taking patients to 15 different stroke center hospitals within 3 regions in Los Angeles County. The MSU carries a CT scanner that can directl...

OhioHealth Mobile Stroke Unit: Finalist, Healthcare Trailblazer-organization, Columbus CEO Healthcare Achievement Awards 2021 The Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit, launched in 2019 and funded by OhioHealth, offers critical assistance to stroke victims in a situation where every second counts. A leading cause of death worldwide, strokes can cause critical damage with every minute that passes. The Mobile Stroke Unit decreases the time it takes to receive treatment by meeting patients on location, in an average of 15 minutes, instead of waiting to transfer the patient to a hospital for care. The uni...

Mobile stroke units -- ambulances equipped to provide rapid stroke diagnosis and treatment -- report financial difficulties due to limited reimbursement from health care insurers. Nearly all mobile stroke units in the United States indicate they depend upon private gifts, grants or institutional support for funding.

Ambulances with specialized staff and equipment to provide rapid stroke treatment report financial difficulties due to limited reimbursement from health care insurers, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2021.