1 / 1

Acute Stroke Could your patient benefit from thrombolysis?

Acute Stroke Could your patient benefit from thrombolysis?. SUDDEN ONSET OF STROKE SYMPTOMS CLEAR ONSET TIME < 3HOURS AGO DISABLING SYMPTOMS NOT IMPROVING HYPOGLYCAEMIA EXCLUDED NO ABSOLUTE CONTRAINDICATIONS TO THROMBOLYSIS CALL STROKE TEAM NOW. YES. YES. Time is brain

leal
Download Presentation

Acute Stroke Could your patient benefit from thrombolysis?

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Acute StrokeCould your patient benefit from thrombolysis? SUDDEN ONSET OF STROKE SYMPTOMS CLEAR ONSET TIME < 3HOURS AGO DISABLING SYMPTOMS NOT IMPROVING HYPOGLYCAEMIA EXCLUDED NO ABSOLUTE CONTRAINDICATIONS TO THROMBOLYSIS CALL STROKE TEAM NOW YES YES Time is brain Every minute counts YES • 7 days a week 8am-8pm: • Stroke thrombolysis specialist nurse bleep 2346 or call mobile07747 843783 • On call stroke specialist available via hospital switchboard • Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm: • Stroke Coordinator bleep 7009 /ext 2279 /direct line 604 7397 YES YES (see stroke pathway &/or reverse of this card Wirral Stroke Team April 2009

More Related