Educating Paramedics on the Finger-to-Nose Test Improves Recognition of Posterior Stroke

Background and Purpose- Emergency medical services (EMS) stroke recognition facilitates rapid care, however, prehospital stroke screening tools rely on signs that are often absent in posterior circulation strokes. We hypothesized that addition of the finger-to-nose (FTN) test to the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale would improve EMS posterior stroke recognition. Methods- In this controlled before and after study of consecutive EMS transported...