Introduced 2017 · published 2018
University of Alberta mobile stroke unit
A mobile stroke unit combining a CT scanner, point-of-care laboratory and LifeBot telestroke equipment, connecting a specialist team and a remote neurologist with patients transferred from rural locations.
- What it shows
- LifeBot equipment working inside a complete mobile clinical service, with remote specialist participation during transport.
- What it does not show
- The complete service was evaluated; outcomes do not isolate the equipment’s effect.
Source: Shuaib et al., BMJ Innovations 4, 54–59 (2018). DOI 10.1136/bmjinnov-2017-000240.
