Table 1.
MSUs launched by June 2017
| Location | Began service | On-board personnel | Operating hours | Catchment area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homburg, Germany | March 2011 | UNK | UNK | 20 km around the university hospital |
| Berlin, Germany | July 2011 | paramedic, stroke physician, neuroradiologist | UNK | 20 km around the university hospital |
| Fredrikstad, Norway | October 2014 | neurologist, paramedic, radiology technician | 07:00–11:00 daily, Monday to Sunday, randomized weeks | defined by a 75% probability of reaching the emergency sites within 16 min from base, based on calculations by the Berlin Fire Department |
| Houston, TX, USA | May 2014 | CT technician, VN, RN, paramedic | 08:00–18:00 daily, Tuesday morning to Monday evening, 50% weeks | 3-mile radius |
| Cleveland, OH, USA | July 2014 | CCN, EMT, paramedic, CT | 08:00–20:00 daily | UNK |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina | October 2014 | UNK | UNK | UNK |
| Denver, CO, USA | January 2016 | neurologista, CCN, technician, paramedic, EMT | UNK | UNK |
| Toledo, OH, USA | January 2016 | VNa, critical care transport nurse, critical care transport paramedic, CT technician | 24/7 | defined as a 15-min drive time radius, but fire departments and EMS can also “special request” the MSU |
| Memphis, TN, USA | July 2016 | stroke fellowship-trained doctorally prepared nurses, Advanced Neurovascular Practitioner board certified | 12 h a day, 1 week on, 1 week off | 10-mile radius but can be dispatched within the entire city metro area |
| New York, NY, USA | October 2016 | neurologist, 2 paramedics, CT technician | UNK | communities surrounding NY-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center/Columbia University Medical Center |
| Chicago, IL, USA | January 2017 | UNK | UNK | communities surrounding Rush Oak Park Hospital that are part of Illinois Region VII |
| Trenton, NJ, USA | January 2017 | UNK | 07:00–23:00 daily | Mercer County area |
| Edmonton, AB, Canada | February 2017 | VNa, 2 paramedics, CT technician | UNK | communities surrounding University of Alberta Hospital |
| Phoenix, AZ, USA | June 2017 | VN and neurologistsa, EMT | UNK | St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical with 20-min response radius |
CCN, critical care nurse; CT, computed tomography; EMS, emergency medical services; EMT, emergency medical technician; MSU, mobile stroke unit; RN, registered nurse; UNK, unknown; VN, vascular neurologist.
a
In the unit via telemedicine technology.