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@krautdragon@mastodon.social (at least in the states) always, always call 911 when you suspect a stroke. 1. time is brain - they may be able to start treatment en route to the hospital 2. websites can be out of date, or just plain wrong: hospitals can be closed, under construction, out staffing, or no longer providing the care you need. (the MRI, CT scanner is broken) 3. even if a hospital is a stroke center they could be on diversion*. EMS will know this. Unless you are listening to a dispatch scanner- you won't know this. *diversion - for example our hospitals here have 3 types of diversion: stroke STEMI trauma this means that the hospital already has all the patients they can handle for that specific issue. And while maybe they won't turn walk ins away at the door it may take longer to reach definitive care. (Ambulances will transport to the next nearest facility not on diversion for said ailment.)