FAST (stroke) The instruments at this time with most evidence of validity were the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale (CPSS) and the Los Angeles Prehospital Stroke Screen (LAPSS). FAST (stroke) FAST is an acronym used as a mnemonic to help detect and enhance responsiveness to the needs of a person having a stroke. The acronym stands for Facial drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulties and Time to call emergency services. The FAST was developed in the UK in 1998 by a group of stroke physicians, ambulance personnel, and an emergency department physician and was designed to be an integral part of a training package
World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine scientific investigation of...emergency response." WADEM defines a medical disaster as "a local event where the casualties overwhelm the locally available medical resources," a definition that is much broader than the popular image of a disaster involving large numbers of injuries and deaths. According to Peter Safar, the idea for what was to become the Club of Mainz and eventually WADEM was first proposed by Rudolf Frey in 1973 at an international symposium on emergency medical services in Mainz, West Germany. Steven Rottman's account of the 1973 meeting is slightly different in that he describes it as discussion between physicians concerned