Georgia's first Mobile Stroke Unit celebrated its third anniversary in 2021. Outfitted with a CT scanner, state-of-the-art telemedicine capabilities and staffed by experienced medical professionals, it can do diagnostic scans and transmit them along with vital information to our Marcus Stroke and Neuroscience Center experts. Because quick treatment is critical to minimize stroke damage, the Mobile Stroke Unit makes it possible to begin treating patients before they are moved from their homes or while they are enroute to a stroke-ready hospital.

During the year, the stroke unit was dispatched to suspected stroke calls nearly 700 times.