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Table 3 Time (minutes) between onset of symptoms, seeking medical advice and arrival at ED for patients with stroke overall and by most common prehospital paths
| Overall | Most common prehospital path | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambulance – ED | GP – ED | GP – ambulance – ED | GP cooperative – ambulance – ED | ||
| N = 243 | N = 58 (23.9 %) | N = 55 (22.6 %) | N = 55 (22.6 %) | N = 35 (14.4 %) | |
| N (%)a | N (%)b | N (%)b | N (%)b | N (%)b | |
| Symptom – arrival | |||||
| Median (25-75th) | 240 (90–1031) | 83 (49–288) | 781 (291–1929) | 209 (98–1031) | 183 (83–1206) |
| < 60 | 34 (14.6) | 21 (38.2) | 1 (1.9) | 6 (11.5) | 5 (14.3) |
| 60–239 | 82 (35.3) | 17 (31.0) | 9 (17.1) | 23 (44.2) | 18 (51.4) |
| 240–359 | 24 (10.3) | 6 (10.9) | 8 (15.1) | 5 (9.6) | 2 (5.8) |
| > = 360 | 92 (39.7) | 11 (20.0) | 35 (66.0) | 18 (34.6) | 10 (28.6) |
| Symptom – medical advicec | |||||
| Median (25–75th) | 60 (10–450) | 15 (5–60) | 195 (60–1140) | 60 (15–315) | 23 (5–300) |
| < 60 | 117 (48.8) | 42 (73.7) | 13 (23.6) | 25 (46.3) | 22 (64.7) |
| 60–239 | 47 (19.7) | 6 (10.5) | 16 (29.1) | 13 (24.1) | 4 (11.8) |
| 240–359 | 7 (2.9) | 2 (3.5) | 2 (3.6) | 2 (3.7) | 0 (0) |
| > = 360 | 69 (28.7) | 7 (12.3) | 24 (43.6) | 14 (25.9) | 8 (23.5) |
| Medical advice – arrival | |||||
| Median (25–75th) | 98 (54–217) | 54 (35–93) | 238 (111–402) | 106 (59–266) | 99 (64–174) |
| < 60 | 62 (27.7) | 28 (51.9) | 4 (8.0) | 12 (24.0) | 7 (20.6) |
| 60–239 | 111 (49.5) | 21 (38.9) | 22 (44.0) | 25 (50.0) | 23 (67.6) |
| 240–359 | 18 (8.1) | 1 (1.9) | 9 (18.0) | 6 (12.0) | 1 (2.9) |
| > = 360 | 33 (14.7) | 4 (7.4) | 15 (30.0) | 7 (14.0) | 3 (8.8) |
