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Mary is an 80-year-old lady who developed some altered speech whilst out on a day trip shopping from Chelmsford to Brighton. She was found to have right face, arm and leg weakness and has difficulty with speech and language. She has been brought in by paramedics. She complains of a headache. The time of onset was 5.20 pm. She was FAST positive for speech and arm weakness.
Her ECG shows AF. The paramedics think she is worse than when they picked her up. She has diabetes and her BM is 8.9. She has a long history of hypertension and the BP is 200/70 mmHg. She has an NIHSS of 15. It is now 6 pm. You attend the stroke call with the specialist nurse. She has no local hospital records as she is away from home.
ABC and admission to HASU. Consider ITU if GCS < 9. Check clotting and platelets. The AF concerns us that the patient may be on Warfarin and a raised INR would suggest this. Try and check the patient's medications as they may also be on a DOAC. These would need their specific reversal agent. Stop any Clopidogrel or Aspirin. Monitor and Lowering BP cautiously using local protocols. Monitoring BMs as diabetic. Swallow assessment. Contacting family or those important to the patient to let them know the situation but also to get as much background history as possible and baseline functional status and any views expressed on resuscitation.