ILOs
- revise the anatomy of the blood supply to brain;
- discuss the epidemiology of stroke;
- outline the pathophysiological processes that can result in stroke;
- describe the clinical presentation and management of stroke/TIA;
- Here are some of the fast, epidemiological facts about stroke…
- What are the risk factors for developing stroke?
- So, what are the two types of stroke that we can get?
- Outline the clinical approach to an ischaemic stroke…
- What are cortical signs, and if they are present, what does it mean?
- Outline the large vessel stroke syndromes that we can get…
- Here’s an example of a 74 year old with a large vessel stroke…
- Which vessels are involved in small vessel strokes, and what are your risk factors?
- Here’s the case of a diabetic man with a small vessel stroke…
- What do we see with brainstem stroke syndromes?
- What are the causes of intracerebral haemorrhage?
- Describe what happens in a hypertensive intracranial haemorrhage, the typical sites and the typical clinical presentation…
- Here’s a picture of a large intracerebral haemorrhage…
- How do we manage the airways in someone with a stroke?