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

EMS: Emergencia 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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The Transylvania Rescue Team Filiala Ciuc | Going The Extra Mile

Last summer, a group of volunteers went from town to town and village to village to teach the locals what to do in emergencies – including stroke. For those who had donated their free time to this project, the 2022 marathon of the Transylvania Rescue Team Filiala Ciuc held a personal reward.
24 March 2023
EMS
Global

In conversation | Ecuador & Jordan

They live in different cultures, and in different time zones, but they have both felt the impact of stroke in their families, and are dedicated to giving stroke patients a second chance at life. We asked SOL PLAMENATZ, Angels team leader for Ecuador and Peru, to nominate a fellow consultant and ask her 10 questions. Sol nominated BAYAN ALFOQHA, Angels consultant in Jordan, who responded with questions of her own. Here is their conversation:
22 March 2023
Consultancy
Ukraine

Odesa | Fighting The Good Fight

In the middle of a war, in a city under attack, one hospital is winning a battle of its own. By renewing its commitment to quality monitoring, Odesa Regional Clinical Hospital achieved two ESO Angels diamond awards.
22 March 2023
Awards
Greece

A Meeting Of Minds In Greece

April 2023 marks one year since the Angels Initiative received a warm welcome from the stroke community in Greece. A landmark meeting that took place around the halfway mark gave impetus to the advancement of stroke care quality in Europe’s second-oldest population.
15 March 2023
Community
Indonesia

Murni Teguh Memorial Hospital’s Journey To Diamond Status

The initial goal at this hospital in North Sumatra was to reduce their door-to-needle time to below 60 minutes. It took them just six months to reach an average door-to-needle time of 19 minutes and win the first of two WSO Angels diamond awards.
14 March 2023
Awards
India

How Quality Monitoring Impacts Patient Care

Zydus Hospital in Ahmedabad, India, holds eight WSO Angels diamond awards. Here, Dr Arvind Sharma, head of the hospital’s neurology department and WSO board member, discusses how quality monitoring helped them identify and address a gap in patient care.
14 March 2023