Time is of the essence when a person is suffering from a stroke. A Queens hospital is equipping itself with tools to treat stroke patients as quicky as possible.  

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and FDNY officials unveiled a new mobile stroke treatment unit Tuesday in Flushing.

It's basically an ambulance stocked with brain imaging devices and anti-blood-clotting medicine in the backseat.

The unit also has cameras so the two paramedics, CT scan operator and nurse onboard can communicate with doctors remotely.

It's expected to save 40 minutes per patient at a time when every second counts towards recovery. 

"We don't want to save a life and then have someone disabled for the rest of their life. We want to help people return to completely normal health and that's what these units are designed to do," said Dr. Matthew Fink.

This is the second mobile stroke unit in the NewYork-Presbyterian fleet.

NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hopital will also get one later this month.