Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of All Acute Stroke Alerts with Neurologist and EMS-reported LKN times

Baseline Characteristics	N = 251
Mean Age in Years ± SD	65 ± 18
Female Gender, n (%)	143 (57%)
African American Race, n (%)	141 (56%)
ED NIHSS on arrival for entire cohort, median [IQR]	4.5 [1,9]
ED NIHSS on arrival for patients with stroke diagnosis, median [IQR]	8 [5,14]
Final ED Diagnosis determined by Evaluating Neurologist
Ischemic Stroke, n (%)	86 (34%)
Hemorrhagic Stroke, n (%)	16 (6%)
TIA, n (%)	27 (11%)
Other/Unknown Diagnosis, n (%)	120 (48%)
Patients with Final ED Diagnosis of Ischemic stroke who received IV tPA, n (%)	32 (37%)
Patients brought in by EMS agency that had additional stroke-specific training vs. other EMS agency, n (%)	153 (61%)