Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Cleveland Clinic’s mobile stroke unit improving outcomes while saving money

While this is a successful feel good article, this will be obsolete fairly soon due to one of these coming online;
1. Star Trek-style 'tricorder' invention offered $10m prize
2. Strokefinder quickly differentiates bleeding strokes from clot-induced strokes
3.  One of these 17 ways still need to be be proven for fast and objective diagnosis.
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http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/cleveland-clinics-mobile-stroke-unit-improving-outcomes-saving-money/? 

This also just proves the incorrect idea that what saves neurons is faster tPA time. They are not even looking at stopping the neuronal cascade of death.  They have the wrong focus.

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