Time is Brain
Sudden numbness or weakness of face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of body.
What are some of the common symptoms of stroke?
Per stroke, estimated number of neurons lost = 1.2 billion, with 8.3 trillion synapses lost, and this number of years is the estimated number of years of accelerated aging after a stroke.
What is 36 years?
What is the newest acronym to remember the signs of a stroke
BEFAST - balance, eyesight, face drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty
Reported signs: Facial droop, L side gaze preference
What is VAN +
Time to complete a telestroke call
What is 5 minutes
The acronym BEFAST which helps people remember the signs of stroke stands for
What is balance, eyes, face, arm, speech, time?
Well validated stroke severity score used to assess for stroke, guide treatment, and determine prognosis. It is a requirement for stroke center certification.
What is the NIH stroke scale?
The largest cerebral artery and the one most affected in a stroke
The middle cerebral artery (MCA)
Reported signs: dizziness, blurry vision, no weakness
What is VAN -
Using this will allow the telestroke VAN screen to pull into the secure chat with the vascular neurologist.
What is the internal telestroke dot phrase.
When all three of these signs of stroke are present, the chance of a stroke is approximately 90%
What are face droop, arm weakness, and slurred speech?
Name 2 ways to prevent stroke by optimizing risk factors.
What are treat hypertension, control DM, HLD, ASA within 48 hours, warfarin/NOAC if have Afib, diet and exercise?
Difficulty speaking
Expressive aphasia
What is auto-launch parallel process notifying telestroke provider on call via secure chat
What is brain
1.9 million neurons is the number of neurons lost during this amount of time
What is one minute during a stroke?
Calling this overhead activates the team, alerts CT, brings needed resources (telestroke) and increases the likelihood that clinical practice guidelines are followed.
What is a stroke alert?
Difficulty understanding what is said
Receptive aphasia
What is autolaunch
Door to needle time should be less than...
What is 60 minutes?
Patients complain of this regarding the "E" in BEFAST
Blurry or double vision
Caused by a blood clot that formed somewhere outside the brain and travelled until it was lodged restricting blood flow to the brain
Embolic stroke
What is the first action after recognizing stroke symptom onset is >24 hours
Inability to move one limb
What is weakness