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An update on stroke management

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  • Acute treatments for stroke - thrombolysis, thrombectomy, and what does extended time window mean. Time=brain!
  • Teach patients how to use the FAST message and triple zero
  • Potential mobile stroke unit if in metro Melbourne and soon in Sydney, options and pathways for outside metro areas
  • Investigate and manage TIAs urgently
  • Tackle all the key stroke risk factors - BP, AF, antiplatelets, lipids, smoking, diabetes, lifestyle


    • Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 18 mins

    Guest: Prof Bruce Campbell, Neurologist; Head of Stroke, Royal Melbourne Hospital; Director and Chair of Clinical Council, Stroke Foundation; Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne


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