The Mobile Stroke Unit in Homburg, Saarland: We first developed (in 2000) and first analysed in routine clinical care (in 2008) the prehospital treatment of acute stroke. This was facilitated by the use of a specialized ambulance (Mobile Stroke Unit / MSU), which is equipped with the tools necessary for the prehospital diagnosis and therapy of stroke. This includes, a multimodal CT scanner, a point-of-care stroke laboratory and stroke medication. Via telemedicine, results of imaging and videos o