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Ischemic stroke is one of the leading causes of mortality and severe disability worldwide (1). "Code stroke" is a time-sensitive and high-stakes clinical scenario alert for acute stroke that requires a rapid team approach to facilitate hyperacute evaluation and management of patients. For each acute stroke case not adequately interpreted, categorized, and treated, there is a high risk of mortality and disability. Management of acute ischemic stroke is evolving rapidly due to highly efficacious endovascular therapy (2–8). Regardless of the imaging modality (CT vs MRI) or type of hospital (tertiary "hub" vs outlying "spoke"), acute stroke management has one unifying need: to treat as quickly as possible. Optimal stroke treatment is a highly time-dependent process (9).