ILOs:

• Give an overview of the main blood vessels supplying the brain
• Outline cerebral vasomotor reactivity
• Define stroke and compare the causes and clinical consequences of ischemic and haemorrhagic strokes
• Outline the main acute treatments for patients presenting with stroke

Session 1: Anatomy and Brief Physiology

• Outline the blood supply to the brain
• Let’s consider the anatomy of the great vessels supplying the brain and head/neck
• A CT angiogram showing these great vessels again
• What happens when the blood vessels supplying the brain cross into the skull?
• Here’s a map of brain blood flow
• Let’s look at how the deeper structures are supplied
• How does the brain regulate blood flow with changes in blood pressure?
• Summary

Session 2: Clinical Consequences of Blood Supply Disturbance

• Define what a stroke is
• What are the main types of stroke?
• Consequences of the blockage of certain big blood vessels...
• Example of what happens when big blood vessels get blocked