Table 1.

Prehospital stroke workflow times in minutes

	Control period	Pandemic	Difference	p value
All stroke code patients
Onset to hospital arrival, min	118 [63–284]	171 [78–540]	+53	<0.001
Patients arriving at the ED by private transport
Onset to hospital arrival, min	118 [62–285]	238 [119–583]	+ 120	<0.001
Patients transferred by EMS
Onset to EMS alert, min	47 [15–170]	89 [20–329]	+42	0.003
Onset to EMS assistance, min	56 [23–177]	101 [29–338]	+45	0.004
EMS alert to EMS assistance, min	8 [5–12]	8 [5–11]	0	0.791
Onset to hospital arrival, min	115 [61–248]	150 [76–504]	+35	<0.001

Data are presented as median [interquartile range]. ED, emergency department; EMS, emergency medical system.