Alameda County Adjusts Policy for Stroke Patients
Alameda County emergency service officials recently changed a county protocol that allowed ambulance drivers to take emergency stroke patients to Alameda Hospital instead of a certified stroke center. The change comes in response to concerns raised at a City Council meeting last month about the exemption. Alameda Hospital CEO Deborah Stebbins said she was disappointed by the officials' decision but said the hospital is working to obtain stroke certification.
- "County Orders Alameda Emergency Stroke Patients To Be Sent Off-Island" (Ellson, Oakland Tribune, 12/2).