A Diagnostic-Focused Mobile Stroke Unit Model Integrated with Emergency Medical Services for Scalable Prehospital Stroke Care

Introduction

Mobile stroke units (MSUs) have demonstrated important clinical benefits in acute ischemic stroke, but broad implementation remains constrained by resource, staffing, and operational barriers. This article describes an emergency medical services (EMS)-integrated diagnostic-focused MSU (DF-MSU) model designed to improve implementation feasibility and scalability.