Stroke Pathway

Leonie
Leonieon Sunday, April 25 2021
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When I first went into hospital I was told I was on the "Stroke Pathway" with a suspected stroke even though I had no FAST symptoms. Does anyone know what the Stroke Pathway entails? I'm wondering why they didn't do a CT to confirm stroke at the time. I was monitored for a few hours then sent home. The CT wasn't done until I was re-admitted hours later after experiencing more symptoms (I never had any FAST symptoms, just vision loss initially and nausea and pain before the second admission).

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Avaniterg avatar
Avaniterg

Leoni, hope all is well with you. I have no idea about the stroke pathway. What I have encountered with my brother is a silent stroke. 

Leonie avatar
Leonie

Hi Avaniterg, sorry to hear about your brother.

The Stroke Pathway is actually about the hospital response protocol to a patient with a suspected stroke rather than a type of stroke. Mostly I'm just wondering why they sent me home without a CT scan. Everything I read talks about the importance of getting a scan quickly so you'd think it would be a part of standard protocol for a suspected stroke. I don't know if it would have made much difference since they didn't really do anything after I came back in pain and they finally did the scan. They just sent  me to a bigger hospital that monitored me for three days then sent me home. 

I guess I'm just trying to make sense of what happened to me so I can try and move forward.

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