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Clinical Quality and Patient Safety

Stoke Management

Thrombolysis is an effective evidence-based treatment for cases of ischaemic stroke. It reduces long-term disability and improves clinical outcome by dissolving the clot in the cerebral circulation. Patients who would otherwise have been left with a permanent disability have the potential to walk out of hospital in just 36hrs. However, the therapeutic window is narrow; the thrombolytic must be administered within three to six hours of the onset of symptoms. Through the use of the FAST-Track protocol, the ambulance service can significantly increase the number of patients receiving specialist intervention.

Publications

• National Stroke Strategy
• A New Ambition for Stroke: A Consultation on a National Strategy
• Reducing Brain Damage: Faster Access to Better Stroke Care
• Agreement Between Paramedic and Physician FAST Assessment (Research Paper)
• Impact of Ambulance Service Intervention in Achieving the Therapeutic Time Window: Research from the Royal Bournemouth Hospital
• Mending Hearts and Brains: A vision for the future
• RCP National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke
• RCP National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke (Summary)
• What’s the emergency? A report on the Emergency Response to Stroke

Web Links

• Stroke Research Network
• Advanced Stroke Life Support Course
• The Stroke Association (UK)
• The Internet Stroke Center
• British Association of Stroke Physicians
  • Acute stroke imaging examples: Improve your interpretation skills
• American Stroke Association
• Stroke Research Network
• Department of Health Stroke Homepage
• University of Central Lancashire: Online Stroke Learning Package

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