Listening to them may not be the best idea:
When investigators called 46 such healthlines and described a standardized scripted stroke scenario, 10 operators (22%) recommended that the caller contact their primary care physician, instead of calling 9-1-1, according to a study reported in the July 5 issue of Stroke.





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