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Is an EMS system with stroke call protocol in place?

An EMS (Emergency Medical Services) system with a “stroke call” protocol is important for stroke care because it can quickly identify stroke symptoms and ensure that patients receive timely and appropriate treatment to help minimise brain damage and improve outcomes for the patient.

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2022

Yes No No data provided

Albania

  • Entela Basha
  • Eris Ranxha

Armenia

  • Nune Yeghiazaryan
  • Head of Neurology Department, Erebouni Medical Center
  • ynune@yahoo.com

Austria

  • Stefan Kiechl
  • Professor of Neurology and Clinical Stroke Medicine, Director Department of Neurology Innsbruck

Azerbaijan

  • Nara Hesen
  • Doctor neurologist from Republican Clinic Hospital

Belarus

  • Yaroslav Zholnerkevich
  • Sergey Marchenko
  • Head of the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Minsk Scientific and Practical Center for Surgery, Transplantation and Hematology
  • sergey.marchenko.2021@yandex.by

Bulgaria

  • Dimitar Taskov
  • Dorina Dobreva
  • President of the Association for Stroke and Aphasia Bulgaria
  • dobreva@stroke.bg
  • Dimitar Maslarov
  • Chairman Neurology Clinic, Medical University Sofia
  • maslarovdb@abv.bg

Belgium

  • Laetitia Yperzeele
  • Neurologist, active member of the Belgian Stroke Council
  • François Delvoye
  • Neurologist, active member of the Belgian Stroke Council

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Nevena Mahmutbegović
  • Neurologist at the Department of Neurology, University Clinical Center Sarajevo
  • Renata Jurina
  • Neurologist at the Department of Neurology, University Clinical Hospital Mostar

Catalonia

  • Pere Cardona Portela
  • Esther Duarte
  • Director of the Catalan Stroke Foundation - Fundació Ictus

Croatia

  • Ervin Jančić

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

  • Troels Wienecke

England

  • Ambreen Ali Sheikh
  • Joseph Kwan
  • Jattinder Khaira
  • Consultant Stroke/General Medicine
  • Sarah Belson

Estonia

  • Janika Kõrv
  • Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu Professor in Clinical Neurology, Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu Neurologist at the Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Tartu University Hospital
  • janika.korv@kliinikum.ee
  • Riina Vibo
  • Reaseacher at the Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu Neurologist at the Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Tartu University Hospital
  • Riina.Vibo@kliinikum.ee

Finland

  • Susanna Roine
  • Pauli Ylikotila

France

  • Jean Bouchard
  • Guillaume Turc
  • Board member - French Stroke Society
  • Charlotte Cordonnier
  • President - French Stroke Society

Georgia

Germany

  • Christina Franzisket
  • Tobias Neumann-Haefelin
  • Geschäftsführer der Deutschen Schlaganfall-Gesellschaft Fachauditor Stroke Units

Greece

  • Hariklia Proios
  • Associate Professor of Neurocognitive Disorders and Rehabilitation, Department of Educational & Social Policy, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki
  • hproios@gmail.com
  • Georgios Tsivgoulis
  • Professor & Chairman, Second Department of Neurology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens
  • tsivgoulisgiorg@yahoo.gr
  • Haralampos Milionis
  • Professor & Chairman, Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina
  • hmilioni@uoi.gr

Hungary

  • Tamás Jarecsny

Iceland

  • Marianne Elisabeth Klinke
  • RN, PhD, Landspitali University Hospital Reykjavik and the University of Iceland
  • marianne@hi.is

Israel

  • Rani Barnea

Italy

  • Paolo Candelaresi
  • Ettore Nicolini
  • Paola Santalucia

Kazakhstan

  • Adilbekov Yerzhan
  • Kazakhstan League of Stroke specialists
  • Sabina Medukhanova
  • Head of the Coordination Center in Kazakhstan
  • Zauresh Akhmetzhanova
  • Chief specialist of "Republican coordination centre for stroke problems
  • zauresa@yandex.ru

Kosovo

Kyrgyzstan

  • Djamal Turgumbaev
  • Chief of Neurology 3 Department of National Hospital under Ministry of Health
  • t.jamal@mail.ru
  • Asel Kerimkulova
  • Kunduz Karbozova
  • Assistant on Neurology and Medical genetic Department, Kyrgyz State Medical Academy
  • Karbozova89@mail.ru

Latvia

Lithuania

  • Dalius Jatuzis
  • President of Lithuanian Stroke Association Professor in Neurology at Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine
  • dalius.jatuzis@santa.lt
  • Aleksandras Vilionskis
  • Member of the Board of Lithuanian Stroke Association Associate Professor in Neurology at Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine
  • aleksandras.vilionskis@rvul.lt

Luxembourg

Malta

Montenegro

North Macedonia

  • Gordana Dimeska
  • Certified Stroke Nurse, Macedonian Stroke Association - University Clinic of Neurology
  • Elena Lichkova
  • Neurologist, Clinical hospital, Neurology department, Shtip, North Macedonia, Board member of the Macedonian Stroke Association
  • eedrovska@yahoo.com
  • Maja Bozinovska Smicheska
  • Neurologist, Special hospital "St. Erasmo", Ohrid, North Macedonia, President of the Macedonian organization for a fight against stroke (SSO) and Board member of the Macedonian Stroke Association (President)
  • majabozoh35@gmail.com
  • Anita Arsovska
  • Neurologist, University Clinic of Neurology, University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius"-Faculty of Medicine, Skopje, North Macedonia, President of the Macedonian Stroke Association
  • anita70mk@yahoo.com

Northern Ireland

  • Sarah Belson

Norway

  • Agnethe Eltoft
  • Norwegian Stroke Organisation

Poland

  • Michal Karlinski

Portugal

  • Diana Aguiar de Sousa
  • Gustavo Santo
  • Sociedade Portuguesa do AVC - National Stroke Association
  • Elsa Azevedo
  • Programa Nacional para as Doenças Cérebro-Cardiovasculares - Cerebro and Cardiovascular Diseases National Program
  • elsaazevedo@dgs.min-saude.pt

Ireland

  • Ciara Breen

Moldova

  • Natalia Ciobanu
  • Daniela Efremov

Romania

  • Elena Oana Terecoasa
  • Cristina Tiu
  • Head of Stroke Unit in the University Hospital Bucharest Romanian Society of Neurology
  • cristinatiu@yahoo.com

Russia

  • Alla Guekht
  • Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry
  • guekht@gmail.com

Scotland

  • Matthew Lambert
  • Pamela Maclean
  • Mary Joan MacLeod
  • Sarah Belson

Serbia

  • Nikola Vukašinović
  • Ivan Milojevic
  • Željko Živanović
  • Faculty of Medicine University in Novi Sad Head of the Clinic of Neurology, Clinical Centre of Vojvodina
  • drzzivanovic79@gmail.com

Slovakia

  • Zuzana Gdovinova
  • Head of Department, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University Košice
  • z.gdovin@gmail.com

Slovenia

  • Janja Pretnar Oblak

Spain

Sweden

  • Signild Åsberg

Switzerland

Netherlands

  • Heleen den Hertog

Turkey

  • Mehmet Topcuoglu
  • Professor at Hacettepe University, Ankara President, Turkish Cerebrovascular Diseases Society
  • matopcuoglu@yahoo.com

Ukraine

  • Dmytro Lebedynets
  • Feofaniya Clinical Hospital
  • Maryna Guliaieva
  • Yuriy Flomin
  • Universal Clinic ‘Oberig’, Head of the Stroke and Neurorehabilitation Unit
  • flomin.yuriy@gmail.com

Wales

  • Christine Owen
  • Sarah Belson

Spain

Sorry, no Coordinators are available in this Country at the moment...

2021

Yes No Data not available No data provided

Albania

  • Entela Basha
  • Eris Ranxha

Armenia

  • Nune Yeghiazaryan
  • Head of Neurology Department, Erebouni Medical Center
  • ynune@yahoo.com

Austria

  • Stefan Kiechl
  • Professor of Neurology and Clinical Stroke Medicine, Director Department of Neurology Innsbruck

Azerbaijan

  • Nara Hesen
  • Doctor neurologist from Republican Clinic Hospital

Belarus

  • Yaroslav Zholnerkevich
  • Sergey Marchenko
  • Head of the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Minsk Scientific and Practical Center for Surgery, Transplantation and Hematology
  • sergey.marchenko.2021@yandex.by

Bulgaria

  • Dimitar Taskov
  • Dorina Dobreva
  • President of the Association for Stroke and Aphasia Bulgaria
  • dobreva@stroke.bg
  • Dimitar Maslarov
  • Chairman Neurology Clinic, Medical University Sofia
  • maslarovdb@abv.bg

Belgium

  • Laetitia Yperzeele
  • Neurologist, active member of the Belgian Stroke Council
  • François Delvoye
  • Neurologist, active member of the Belgian Stroke Council

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Nevena Mahmutbegović
  • Neurologist at the Department of Neurology, University Clinical Center Sarajevo
  • Renata Jurina
  • Neurologist at the Department of Neurology, University Clinical Hospital Mostar

Catalonia

  • Pere Cardona Portela
  • Esther Duarte
  • Director of the Catalan Stroke Foundation - Fundació Ictus

Croatia

  • Ervin Jančić

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

  • Troels Wienecke

England

  • Ambreen Ali Sheikh
  • Joseph Kwan
  • Jattinder Khaira
  • Consultant Stroke/General Medicine
  • Sarah Belson

Estonia

  • Janika Kõrv
  • Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu Professor in Clinical Neurology, Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu Neurologist at the Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Tartu University Hospital
  • janika.korv@kliinikum.ee
  • Riina Vibo
  • Reaseacher at the Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu Neurologist at the Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Tartu University Hospital
  • Riina.Vibo@kliinikum.ee

Finland

  • Susanna Roine
  • Pauli Ylikotila

France

  • Jean Bouchard
  • Guillaume Turc
  • Board member - French Stroke Society
  • Charlotte Cordonnier
  • President - French Stroke Society

Georgia

Germany

  • Christina Franzisket
  • Tobias Neumann-Haefelin
  • Geschäftsführer der Deutschen Schlaganfall-Gesellschaft Fachauditor Stroke Units

Greece

  • Hariklia Proios
  • Associate Professor of Neurocognitive Disorders and Rehabilitation, Department of Educational & Social Policy, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki
  • hproios@gmail.com
  • Georgios Tsivgoulis
  • Professor & Chairman, Second Department of Neurology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens
  • tsivgoulisgiorg@yahoo.gr
  • Haralampos Milionis
  • Professor & Chairman, Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina
  • hmilioni@uoi.gr

Hungary

  • Tamás Jarecsny

Iceland

  • Marianne Elisabeth Klinke
  • RN, PhD, Landspitali University Hospital Reykjavik and the University of Iceland
  • marianne@hi.is

Israel

  • Rani Barnea

Italy

  • Paolo Candelaresi
  • Ettore Nicolini
  • Paola Santalucia

Kazakhstan

  • Adilbekov Yerzhan
  • Kazakhstan League of Stroke specialists
  • Sabina Medukhanova
  • Head of the Coordination Center in Kazakhstan
  • Zauresh Akhmetzhanova
  • Chief specialist of "Republican coordination centre for stroke problems
  • zauresa@yandex.ru

Kosovo

Kyrgyzstan

  • Djamal Turgumbaev
  • Chief of Neurology 3 Department of National Hospital under Ministry of Health
  • t.jamal@mail.ru
  • Asel Kerimkulova
  • Kunduz Karbozova
  • Assistant on Neurology and Medical genetic Department, Kyrgyz State Medical Academy
  • Karbozova89@mail.ru

Latvia

Lithuania

  • Dalius Jatuzis
  • President of Lithuanian Stroke Association Professor in Neurology at Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine
  • dalius.jatuzis@santa.lt
  • Aleksandras Vilionskis
  • Member of the Board of Lithuanian Stroke Association Associate Professor in Neurology at Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine
  • aleksandras.vilionskis@rvul.lt

Luxembourg

Malta

Montenegro

North Macedonia

  • Gordana Dimeska
  • Certified Stroke Nurse, Macedonian Stroke Association - University Clinic of Neurology
  • Elena Lichkova
  • Neurologist, Clinical hospital, Neurology department, Shtip, North Macedonia, Board member of the Macedonian Stroke Association
  • eedrovska@yahoo.com
  • Maja Bozinovska Smicheska
  • Neurologist, Special hospital "St. Erasmo", Ohrid, North Macedonia, President of the Macedonian organization for a fight against stroke (SSO) and Board member of the Macedonian Stroke Association (President)
  • majabozoh35@gmail.com
  • Anita Arsovska
  • Neurologist, University Clinic of Neurology, University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius"-Faculty of Medicine, Skopje, North Macedonia, President of the Macedonian Stroke Association
  • anita70mk@yahoo.com

Northern Ireland

  • Sarah Belson

Norway

  • Agnethe Eltoft
  • Norwegian Stroke Organisation

Poland

  • Michal Karlinski

Portugal

  • Diana Aguiar de Sousa
  • Gustavo Santo
  • Sociedade Portuguesa do AVC - National Stroke Association
  • Elsa Azevedo
  • Programa Nacional para as Doenças Cérebro-Cardiovasculares - Cerebro and Cardiovascular Diseases National Program
  • elsaazevedo@dgs.min-saude.pt

Ireland

  • Ciara Breen

Moldova

  • Natalia Ciobanu
  • Daniela Efremov

Romania

  • Elena Oana Terecoasa
  • Cristina Tiu
  • Head of Stroke Unit in the University Hospital Bucharest Romanian Society of Neurology
  • cristinatiu@yahoo.com

Russia

  • Alla Guekht
  • Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry
  • guekht@gmail.com

Scotland

  • Matthew Lambert
  • Pamela Maclean
  • Mary Joan MacLeod
  • Sarah Belson

Serbia

  • Nikola Vukašinović
  • Ivan Milojevic
  • Željko Živanović
  • Faculty of Medicine University in Novi Sad Head of the Clinic of Neurology, Clinical Centre of Vojvodina
  • drzzivanovic79@gmail.com

Slovakia

  • Zuzana Gdovinova
  • Head of Department, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University Košice
  • z.gdovin@gmail.com

Slovenia

  • Janja Pretnar Oblak

Spain

Sweden

  • Signild Åsberg

Switzerland

Netherlands

  • Heleen den Hertog

Turkey

  • Mehmet Topcuoglu
  • Professor at Hacettepe University, Ankara President, Turkish Cerebrovascular Diseases Society
  • matopcuoglu@yahoo.com

Ukraine

  • Dmytro Lebedynets
  • Feofaniya Clinical Hospital
  • Maryna Guliaieva
  • Yuriy Flomin
  • Universal Clinic ‘Oberig’, Head of the Stroke and Neurorehabilitation Unit
  • flomin.yuriy@gmail.com

Wales

  • Christine Owen
  • Sarah Belson

Spain

Sorry, no Coordinators are available in this Country at the moment...

2020

Yes No Data not available No data provided

Albania

  • Entela Basha
  • Eris Ranxha

Armenia

  • Nune Yeghiazaryan
  • Head of Neurology Department, Erebouni Medical Center
  • ynune@yahoo.com

Austria

  • Stefan Kiechl
  • Professor of Neurology and Clinical Stroke Medicine, Director Department of Neurology Innsbruck

Azerbaijan

  • Nara Hesen
  • Doctor neurologist from Republican Clinic Hospital

Belarus

  • Yaroslav Zholnerkevich
  • Sergey Marchenko
  • Head of the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Minsk Scientific and Practical Center for Surgery, Transplantation and Hematology
  • sergey.marchenko.2021@yandex.by

Bulgaria

  • Dimitar Taskov
  • Dorina Dobreva
  • President of the Association for Stroke and Aphasia Bulgaria
  • dobreva@stroke.bg
  • Dimitar Maslarov
  • Chairman Neurology Clinic, Medical University Sofia
  • maslarovdb@abv.bg

Belgium

  • Laetitia Yperzeele
  • Neurologist, active member of the Belgian Stroke Council
  • François Delvoye
  • Neurologist, active member of the Belgian Stroke Council

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Nevena Mahmutbegović
  • Neurologist at the Department of Neurology, University Clinical Center Sarajevo
  • Renata Jurina
  • Neurologist at the Department of Neurology, University Clinical Hospital Mostar

Catalonia

  • Pere Cardona Portela
  • Esther Duarte
  • Director of the Catalan Stroke Foundation - Fundació Ictus

Croatia

  • Ervin Jančić

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

  • Troels Wienecke

England

  • Ambreen Ali Sheikh
  • Joseph Kwan
  • Jattinder Khaira
  • Consultant Stroke/General Medicine
  • Sarah Belson

Estonia

  • Janika Kõrv
  • Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu Professor in Clinical Neurology, Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu Neurologist at the Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Tartu University Hospital
  • janika.korv@kliinikum.ee
  • Riina Vibo
  • Reaseacher at the Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu Neurologist at the Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Tartu University Hospital
  • Riina.Vibo@kliinikum.ee

Finland

  • Susanna Roine
  • Pauli Ylikotila

France

  • Jean Bouchard
  • Guillaume Turc
  • Board member - French Stroke Society
  • Charlotte Cordonnier
  • President - French Stroke Society

Georgia

Germany

  • Christina Franzisket
  • Tobias Neumann-Haefelin
  • Geschäftsführer der Deutschen Schlaganfall-Gesellschaft Fachauditor Stroke Units

Greece

  • Hariklia Proios
  • Associate Professor of Neurocognitive Disorders and Rehabilitation, Department of Educational & Social Policy, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki
  • hproios@gmail.com
  • Georgios Tsivgoulis
  • Professor & Chairman, Second Department of Neurology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens
  • tsivgoulisgiorg@yahoo.gr
  • Haralampos Milionis
  • Professor & Chairman, Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina
  • hmilioni@uoi.gr

Hungary

  • Tamás Jarecsny

Iceland

  • Marianne Elisabeth Klinke
  • RN, PhD, Landspitali University Hospital Reykjavik and the University of Iceland
  • marianne@hi.is

Israel

  • Rani Barnea

Italy

  • Paolo Candelaresi
  • Ettore Nicolini
  • Paola Santalucia

Kazakhstan

  • Adilbekov Yerzhan
  • Kazakhstan League of Stroke specialists
  • Sabina Medukhanova
  • Head of the Coordination Center in Kazakhstan
  • Zauresh Akhmetzhanova
  • Chief specialist of "Republican coordination centre for stroke problems
  • zauresa@yandex.ru

Kosovo

Kyrgyzstan

  • Djamal Turgumbaev
  • Chief of Neurology 3 Department of National Hospital under Ministry of Health
  • t.jamal@mail.ru
  • Asel Kerimkulova
  • Kunduz Karbozova
  • Assistant on Neurology and Medical genetic Department, Kyrgyz State Medical Academy
  • Karbozova89@mail.ru

Latvia

Lithuania

  • Dalius Jatuzis
  • President of Lithuanian Stroke Association Professor in Neurology at Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine
  • dalius.jatuzis@santa.lt
  • Aleksandras Vilionskis
  • Member of the Board of Lithuanian Stroke Association Associate Professor in Neurology at Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine
  • aleksandras.vilionskis@rvul.lt

Luxembourg

Malta

Montenegro

North Macedonia

  • Gordana Dimeska
  • Certified Stroke Nurse, Macedonian Stroke Association - University Clinic of Neurology
  • Elena Lichkova
  • Neurologist, Clinical hospital, Neurology department, Shtip, North Macedonia, Board member of the Macedonian Stroke Association
  • eedrovska@yahoo.com
  • Maja Bozinovska Smicheska
  • Neurologist, Special hospital "St. Erasmo", Ohrid, North Macedonia, President of the Macedonian organization for a fight against stroke (SSO) and Board member of the Macedonian Stroke Association (President)
  • majabozoh35@gmail.com
  • Anita Arsovska
  • Neurologist, University Clinic of Neurology, University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius"-Faculty of Medicine, Skopje, North Macedonia, President of the Macedonian Stroke Association
  • anita70mk@yahoo.com

Northern Ireland

  • Sarah Belson

Norway

  • Agnethe Eltoft
  • Norwegian Stroke Organisation

Poland

  • Michal Karlinski

Portugal

  • Diana Aguiar de Sousa
  • Gustavo Santo
  • Sociedade Portuguesa do AVC - National Stroke Association
  • Elsa Azevedo
  • Programa Nacional para as Doenças Cérebro-Cardiovasculares - Cerebro and Cardiovascular Diseases National Program
  • elsaazevedo@dgs.min-saude.pt

Ireland

  • Ciara Breen

Moldova

  • Natalia Ciobanu
  • Daniela Efremov

Romania

  • Elena Oana Terecoasa
  • Cristina Tiu
  • Head of Stroke Unit in the University Hospital Bucharest Romanian Society of Neurology
  • cristinatiu@yahoo.com

Russia

  • Alla Guekht
  • Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry
  • guekht@gmail.com

Scotland

  • Matthew Lambert
  • Pamela Maclean
  • Mary Joan MacLeod
  • Sarah Belson

Serbia

  • Nikola Vukašinović
  • Ivan Milojevic
  • Željko Živanović
  • Faculty of Medicine University in Novi Sad Head of the Clinic of Neurology, Clinical Centre of Vojvodina
  • drzzivanovic79@gmail.com

Slovakia

  • Zuzana Gdovinova
  • Head of Department, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University Košice
  • z.gdovin@gmail.com

Slovenia

  • Janja Pretnar Oblak

Spain

Sweden

  • Signild Åsberg

Switzerland

Netherlands

  • Heleen den Hertog

Turkey

  • Mehmet Topcuoglu
  • Professor at Hacettepe University, Ankara President, Turkish Cerebrovascular Diseases Society
  • matopcuoglu@yahoo.com

Ukraine

  • Dmytro Lebedynets
  • Feofaniya Clinical Hospital
  • Maryna Guliaieva
  • Yuriy Flomin
  • Universal Clinic ‘Oberig’, Head of the Stroke and Neurorehabilitation Unit
  • flomin.yuriy@gmail.com

Wales

  • Christine Owen
  • Sarah Belson

Spain

Sorry, no Coordinators are available in this Country at the moment...

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