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Table 2 Performance in individual questions

From: Stroke awareness among Dubai emergency medical service staff and impact of an educational intervention

Question

Pre-intervention % correct response

Post-intervention % correct response

Section A: stroke knowledge and assessment

 Correctly identified 2 stroke types

186 (67.9)

268 (97.8)

 Correctly identified 3 cardinal symptoms

216 (78.8)

268 (97.8)

 Identified scale for stroke identification

169 (61.7)

255 (93.1)

 Correctly identified 3 stroke mimics

18 (6.6)

242 (88.3)

Section B: pre-hospital management

 Correctly identified triage category for acute stroke

206 (75.2)

247 (90.1)

 Correctly identified 3 points to illicit in history

69 (25.2)

211 (77.0)

 Correctly identified 5 management steps for acute stroke

40 (14.6)

187 (68.2)

 Correctly identified destination for acute stroke cases

233 (85.0)

251 (91.6)

 Will pre-notify hospital for acute stroke arrival

256 (93.4)

267 (97.4)

Section C: knowledge of thrombolysis

 Had knowledge of TPA

225 (82.1)

265 (96.7)

 Had knowledge of window for thrombolysis

0 (0)

239 (87.2)

 Correctly identified 4 contraindications to TPA

25 (9.1)

193 (70.4)

 Correctly identified the major complication of using TPA

175 (63.9)

256 (93.4)