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New patient stroke awareness charter launched by:
Irish Heart Foundation
To mark Brain Awareness Week (5-11 March), the Irish Heart Foundation has launched a new stroke patient charter.
The charter is designed to help inform stroke patients about the quality of care they should receive.
The charter is designed to help inform stroke patients about the quality of care they should receive.
According to the Heart Foundation, access to the best stroke care – emergency and rehabilitation – is vital to save lives and reduce disability from stroke.
The stroke patient charter outlines the the best possible patient journey starting with immediate delivery by ambulance to a hospital that treats stroke patients. It emphasises that:
If you show signs of a stroke, you should be taken immediately by ambulance to a hospital treating stroke patients:
*You should be seen by a doctor who is an expert in treating stroke patients.
*You should have tests and scans within 24 hours of stroke symptom onset.
*You should be checked for suitability for clot-busting treatment (thrombolysis).
*You should be admitted to a stroke unit and cared for by a stroke team.
*You should receive a rehabilitation plan which begins as soon as you are fit.
*After leaving hospital you should have access to rehabilitation for as long as you need.
*You should be supported to reduce the risk of a stroke recurring.
*You should have tests and scans within 24 hours of stroke symptom onset.
*You should be checked for suitability for clot-busting treatment (thrombolysis).
*You should be admitted to a stroke unit and cared for by a stroke team.
*You should receive a rehabilitation plan which begins as soon as you are fit.
*After leaving hospital you should have access to rehabilitation for as long as you need.
*You should be supported to reduce the risk of a stroke recurring.
According to the Heart Foundation’s Head of Advocacy and Stroke Action lead Chris Macey:”We know that good stroke services save lives and minimise the disability on an enormous scale. For example, being treated in a fully staffed stroke unit will typically reduce the risk of death by around 25%, whilst receiving thrombolysis can make the different between walking out of hospital within days of a stroke, or a lifetime of dependency.”
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