Patient Safety Alert 20: Diagnosis and Treatment of Ischemic Stroke (PDF)
The AMC PSO has recently convened subject matter experts and ED clinical leaders to address challenges in assessing and treating patients presenting with symptoms related to ischemic stroke, and, in particular, vertebrobasilar stroke.
KEY POINTS
The key points resulting from this convening session are as follows:
- 20% of ischemic strokes are vertebrobasilar strokes.
Library of All AMC PSO Patient Safety Alerts
For even more patient safety alert material, please review our series of AMC PSO Patient Safety Alerts to understand the variety of topics covered by our members. AMC PSO makes patient safety learnings available to the public as part of CRICO’s ongoing commitment towards improving patient safety across the continuum of care.
