Why isn’t the mobile stroke unit leaving right away to go to the hospital?

The mobile stroke unit is like a hospital on wheels, so don’t worry if it’s staying longer than an ambulance normally would — treatment is not being delayed. Inside the mobile stroke unit, stroke experts along with nurses and paramedics are evaluating the patient, getting a CT scan and doing blood tests. If needed, clot-busting medications or other treatments are started immediately. There is no faster way to do this than right at the scene of the emergency. Once a patient begins medications, the mobile stroke unit will transport them to the hospital just like a regular ambulance.


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1. What is a stroke?
2. What is a mobile stroke unit?
3. What is the benefit of a mobile stroke unit?
4. Why isn’t the mobile stroke unit leaving right away to go to the hospital?
5. Do all patients in the mobile stroke unit get clot-busting medications?
6. The mobile stroke unit is operated by UC Health. Does that mean all patients are taken to a UC Health hospital?