Figure 1.

Grid used for the interview. GP: General Practitioner; SAMU: Service d’Aide Médicale Urgente (coordination of pre-hospital EMS); ED: Emergency Department; NVU: Neurovascular Unit; ICU: Intensive Care Unit; STHU: Short Term Hospitalization Unit. * For inter-hospital transfers, the following information was required: mode of transportation, whether hospitals received a phone call before patient’s arrival, available image transfer facilities, availability of neurologist’s report, and whether thrombolysis had been performed.