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:

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

References, Links, Resources:

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