Stroke | Signs of STROKE
STROKE
Stroke can be hemorrhagic or Ischemic. Ischemic stroke occurred because a primary vessel is occluded by a clot, fat (thrombus or emblism). WhileHemorrhagic stroke is a result of a ruptured cerebral artery.
7 D’s of Stroke Management:
1. Detection – Early recognition
2. Dispatch – Early Ems/emergency activation and instructions for EMD’s
3. Delivery – Pre hospital assessment, transport, and management
4. Door – ED Triage (arrival at hospital)
5. Data – ED Evaluation and management (Patient Hx assessment)
6. Decision – Specific STROKE Therapies
7. Drug – Fibrinolytic Therapy for Ischemic stroke
Common signs of Transient Ischemic Attack:
1. Unilateral Paralysis – weakness, clumsiness, usually involving 1 part of the body
2. Unilateral numbness – sensory loss, tingling or abnormal sensation, usually involving 1 part of the body
3. Language Disturbance – trouble understanding or speaking (aphasia) or slurred speech (dysarthria)
4. Monocular blindness – painless visual loss in one eye, often described as curtain dropping
5. Vertigo – sense of spinning or whirling that persists at rest, isolated vertigo is also a common symptom of many nonvascular diseases; therefore at least one other symptom should also be present.
6. Ataxia – poor balance, stumbling gait, staggering, incoordination of one side of the body