Up to 1.9 million brain cells die each minute, but with the right treatment at the right time, the damage can be stopped. A stroke ambulance is like an emergency department on wheels.

The trial, conducted across 10 tertiary hospitals in Melbourne, Australia, is the first prospective, head-to-head comparison of these two models of stroke care delivery. “There’s been a long ...

Less than 5 per cent of the state’s ambulances were available overnight Monday as crews were stuck waiting to unload patients for as long as 10 hours at major Melbourne hospitals.

David Christie, Aftermath of Stroke: An Epidemiological Study in Melbourne, Australia, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (1979-), Vol. 36, No. 2 (Jun ...