Mobile Stroke Units in Rural Texas: Expanding Access to Critical Stroke Care

When a patient experiences a stroke, every minute a delayed treatment kills millions of additional brain cells. For many rural Texans, these costly delays can lead to irreversible brain damage or event death. 

Mobile Stroke Units (MSUs) can dramatically improve access to stroke care in rural Texas, where patients often live many miles from a designated stroke treatment center. By treating stroke patients on-site, MSUs can extend the reach of these stroke treatment centers to ensure that rural Texans are able to receive critical intervention within the first hour of a stroke. 

By expanding the availability of MSU care in rural and underserved communities, Texas can significantly reduce stroke-related death and disability, enhance survival rates, and improve recovery outcomes.