This is how some of the world’s top EMS companies use data collection to improve outcomes for stroke patients and receive recognition for their efforts

COUNTRY: Poland

EMS: Nowy Targ

AWARD STATUS: Diamond

THEY SAY: “One more EMS Award was all it would take for Nowotarski to become an Angels Region, and paramedic Ewa Kondera was determined that Nowy Targ should not be the reason that goal wasn’t met.

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COUNTRY: Uruguay

EMSEmergencia Uno

AWARD STATUS: 3 consecutive diamond awards

THEY SAY:It was not enough to reach the big cities; now we had to make sure that people in the remotest areas also had access to the same high-quality and rapid care.

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COUNTRY: Italy

EMS: 118

AWARD STATUS: World's leading award winner

THEY SAY: "The EMS in Italy is complex, it differs from region to region, but we decided to go for it, so we gave it a big push.”

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Consultants In Conversation

Belen Velazquez is a former Angels consultant in Spain who is now Angels Project Lead focusing on emerging markets. Agnieszka Tymecka-Woszczerowicz was an Angels consultant in Poland before becoming team leader for South Africa. Exchanging notes during ESOC they agreed that stroke care excellence was less dependent on resources than on a motivated stroke team.
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Consultants in Conversation

What is the first thing a brand-new Angels consultant would want to know from a more seasoned colleague during a break at ESOC 2024? First up to answer this question are "baby Angel" Zsófia Reichert from Hungary and Italy's Stefania Fiorillo who has been with the project from the start. Listen to their conversation.
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A Tale Of Two Stickers

In Podkarpackie we meet two paramedics for whom winning a diamond award was not enough. Intent on keeping stroke patients from slipping through the diagnostic net, they became advocates and teachers of a test that takes a few minutes but can change a patient’s entire life.
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Fortis Hospital Noida | Tides and Strides of Stroke Care Excellence

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