Specialist stroke service
Storyboard Beskrivning
This storyboard describes the journey of a patient with suspected stroke presenting to the hospital, from admission to discharge.
Storyboard Text
- Emergency department
- OK.Will activate stroke team. Take the patient to resus please
- we have a patient with stroke symptoms, onset 30 minutes ago
- Resuscitation room
- Tom has stroke symptoms which started 30 mins ago
- I'll organise the CT
- Radiology reporting room
- thanks doc. we will need to thrombolyse
- there is an acute ischaemic stroke
- acute ischaemic stroke
- Paramedics convey patient with stroke symptoms to ED. Patient is within 4.5 hour thrombolysis time. Staff nurse meets paramedic crew at front door and confirms stroke team had been activated. Patient is taken to the resuscitation room
- Resuscitation room
- Thank you Sam
- I am administering the thrombolytic
- Stroke physician and stroke nurse evaluate patient. Patient has stroke symptoms and the arrange CT brain.
- Specialist stroke unit
- I have completed the occupational therapy plan
- I have completed the physiotherapy plan
- CT brain confirms acute ischaemic stroke. Radiologists conveys this information to stroke physician. Patient will need thrombolysis.
- home
- Thrombolysis medication administered
- Tom is transferred onto the stroke unit where he receives multidisciplinary care with rehabilitation included. He responds well and does not need to go to a rehabilitation unit after discharge.
- I have completed the dietary plan
- Tom has been discharged home and his family is there for support.
- thanks Sam. I am glad to be home. I had such good care in the stroke unit.
- let's get you settled at home unit Tom
- welcome home Tom
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