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Enrique Leira

Oct 7, 2026

36:36
Mm
36:36
... that they call through the...
36:37
They have already got the, these emergency rooms across the state have a dedicated 1-800 number that they call the transfer center at our institution, and they, uh, request the presence of the code stroke team.
36:51
And the transfer center connects us with whoever is on call, and we speak with them, and we go through the case and look at images remotely and so forth.
36:59
That's one way of activating it, through external, uh, hospitals, which is actually 80% of our patients come from other hospitals around the state.
37:08
And then the other way to activate a code stroke is through the hospital itself, either in the emergency department.
37:15
The, the person who's doing triage in the emergency department, uh, meaning the first that interact with a patient, you know, that comes with symptoms.

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43:22
And if someone is, is watching, um, notices a family member and something just seems off, not sure about it, maybe it's, you know, maybe they've forgotten all about BE FAST, but they're like, "Oh, something's, something's different today," uh, what should they do? Uh, not, not hesitate to call 911.

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