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At ÂÜÀòÉç, we know when it comes to strokes, we have to act FAST. As an extension of the comprehensive stroke care ÂÜÀòÉç offers, the ÂÜÀòÉç Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit, or MSTU, is designed to provide immediate care. It will decrease the time it takes to make an accurate stroke diagnosis and administer time-sensitive stroke therapies earlier — saving time and saving brain. ÂÜÀòÉç Jacksonville’s unit is the first Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit in Northeast Florida.

By deploying to the patient, the team can begin treatment while in transit to the nearest available stroke center. This saves critical moments to reduce long-term disability from the stroke. The mobile stroke treatment unit in Jacksonville will be staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week and will provide service to Duval County. It will take patients to the closest certified stroke center available.

• When a stroke is suspected, both EMS on a standard ambulance and the mobile stroke treatment unit will be dispatched simultaneously.
• The stroke team will conduct a neurological evaluation.
• If the results are consistent with stroke, treatment will begin immediately.

Hours of operation

• 24/7/365

On board the stroke unit

ÂÜÀòÉç Jacksonville’s mobile stroke unit specialized ambulance will include:

• A 16-slice portable diagnostic CT scanner
• Clot-busting drugs such as tenecteplase, or TNK
• Medications given intravenously to lower high blood pressure
• Medications used to reverse the effects of bleeding inside the brain
• Telemedicine equipment

Our mobile stroke treatment unit team

Ambulances will be staffed by a team that includes:

• Stroke-trained nurses
• CT technologists
• Critical care paramedics
• Stroke neurologists (available via telemedicine)

Studies show improved clinical outcomes for stroke patients transported via mobile stroke unit versus a standard ambulance.

Jacksonville-based MSTU Manager

Lindsey Perrotta, DNP, RN, SCRN