STEMO-Consortium 1 article published in JoVE Medicine Prehospital Thrombolysis: A Manual from Berlin Martin Ebinger1,2,5, Sascha Lindenlaub1,3,5, Alexander Kunz1,2,5, Michal Rozanski2,5, Carolin Waldschmidt2,5, Joachim E. Weber2,5, Matthias Wendt2,5, Benjamin Winter1,2,5, Philipp A. Kellner4,5, Sabina Kaczmarek4,5, Matthias Endres1,2,5, Heinrich J. Audebert1,2,5 1Center for Stroke Research Berlin (CSB), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 2Klinik und Hochschulambulanz für Neurologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 3Medical School of the Universität Hamburg, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg - Eppendorf, 4Berliner Feuerwehr, 5STEMO-Consortium Identification of suspected stroke in the dispatch center of the Berlin Fire Brigade prompts the deployment of a CT-equipped ambulance. If ischemic stroke is confirmed and contraindications are excluded prehospital thrombolysis is applied.