Stroke Video Triage Newsletter: July/August 2023

Stroke Video Triage has been implemented since late 2022 in North Cambridgeshire (Peterborough) and West Essex, here is the newsletter for July/August 2023.

This pathway enables ambulance clinicians to connect via FaceTime on their iPads to stroke senior registrars & consultants, whilst on scene with patients. Both clinicians will then agree the correct pathway for the patient, and this can be from determining a time critical stroke patient, booking a CT scan prior to arrival of the patient, and the patient being met by the stroke team at the front door and taking the patient direct to the CT scanner, to determining that the patients presentation is unlikely to be a stroke for example functional neurological deficit or systemic infection.

As such diverting the patient away from the acute stroke centre to their nearest emergency department. In some cases, patients can be deemed to not require conveyance, and can be managed in the community or if required seen either the same day or the following day in a TIA clinic.

This newsletter has been designed to share some of the outstanding results we have seen so far, as well as keeping you up to date with any changes. We are also keen to hear what you would like to see, so please get in touch and let us know!

Published 11th August 2023