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By Yoona Ha, EMS1 BrandFocus Staff
Stroke care has come a long way since the early days. Stroke was long a condition many didn’t understand and was once even treated by bloodletting, a practice of taking blood from a patient with therapeutic intent.
Fast-forward to today, and prehospital providers across the nation have many tools in their arsenal to assess and transport patients to care quickly.
Here’s a timeline of the history of stroke care:
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