Title: Stroke Medicine - FAQs for F1s

Host(s): Pete Brock

Guest(s): Mark Garside, Gemma Smith, James Muggleton & Eve Braithwaite

Opening Question: If for 24 hours you could do any other job in the hospital, what would it be?

Main Topic: Addressing the issues related to stroke we commonly find difficult

Discussion Points:

• Assessing patients who will not comply with your examination
• What are the stroke mimics
• Face a bit droopy, speech a bit slurred, bit confused – is this a stroke?
• How do you diagnose posterior circulation strokes?
• What happens in a stroke unit?

CotEcast Commandments:

1. Think stroke, and act quickly - time is brain!
2. It’s a bleed until proven otherwise
3. Say what you see

References, Links, Resources:

• Thrombolysis Mini-GEM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lsHXmw_dVg)
• STARS e-learning modules (stroketraining.org)