About the Authors

Sebastian Bergrath

sbergrath@ukaachen.de

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Arno Reich

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Rolf Rossaint

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Daniel Rörtgen

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Joachim Gerber

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Harold Fischermann

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Stefan K. Beckers

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Intermediate Care, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Jörg C. Brokmann

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Jörg B. Schulz

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Claas Leber

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Christina Fitzner

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Max Skorning

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Competing Interests

No author received funding from the commercial project partners (Philips Healthcare, P3 communications). The department of Anesthesiology of the University Hospital Aachen, Germany received funding from the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. The authors SB, RR, DR, HF, JCB and MS are employed by this department. The author SKB was employed by this department during the study phase. The author CF was partially employed by the department of Anesthesiology during the study phase. The authors AR, JG, JBS and CL (or their department) received no funding at all. No author has other financial or non-financial dependencies or relationships with the commercial partners (Philips Healthcare, P3 communications) or the funding Ministry. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB RR AR DR HF SKB JCB JG CL CF MS. Performed the experiments: SB MS DR HF SKB JCB JG AR. Analyzed the data: SB AR JG CL DR HF RR JBS JCB CF SKB MS. Wrote the paper: SB AR RR DR HF JG SKB JCB JBS CF CL MS. Support of the development of the used telemedicine system: SB DR HF JCB SKB MS. Development of the used stroke history checklist: SB AR JG DR JBS HF MS.