Effects of Pre-Arrival Hospital Notification by Emergency Medicine Service System on Acute Stroke Patients: A New Experience in Kaohsiung City

Shih-Chiang Hung¹, Chia-Te Kung², Wen-Huei Lee², Hsien-Hung Cheng², Chia-Wei Liou³, Mei-Hua Liang⁴, Wan-Lan Tang⁴, Yi-Jane Liu⁵ and Hung-Yi Chuang^6*

¹Department of Public Health, College of Health Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

²Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

³Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

⁴Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

⁵Fire Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government, Taiwan

⁶Environmental and Occupational Medicine Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

^*Corresponding Author: Hung-Yi Chuang, Professor, Environmental and Occupational Medicine Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Email: