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News items on 'Cerebrovascular Event (stroke)'
Stroke campaign boosts awareness
(BBC 09/11/2009)
The number of 999 calls about symptoms of a possible stroke has increased by 70% in England since the launch of an awareness campaign in February. The Department of Health campaign promoted a simple test to recognise the signs of a stroke and act quickly. Stroke accounts for 9% of deaths in men and 13% of deaths in women in the UK. But swift emergency action can limit damage in the brain and dramatically increase a person's chances of surviving.
Hospitals fail to meet targets on stroke care
(The Scotsman 30/09/2009)
HOSPITALS in Scotland are failing to meet set standards for the care of stroke victims. Not a single hospital meets all the standards. Across Scotland, 57% of patients were admitted to a stroke unit within a day of being admitted to hospital, against a minimum target of 70%. All patients should have a test on the day of admission for the ability to swallow, but only 46% had one in 2008. However, 89% of stroke patients had a brain scan within two days of admission %u2013 beating the 80% target.
Infant strokes missed by tests
(The Scotsman 18/09/2009)
STROKES may be four times more common among infants than was previously believed, a study suggests. Methods of identifying strokes in adults could be missing large numbers of cases in children, researchers claim. Experts in the US studied the health records of 2.3 million children in California. Using a combination of diagnostic codes on medical charts and data from X-rays and other tests, they confirmed 205 cases of ischemic stroke.
(BBC 30/08/2009)
Larry Cotton loves diving. Being able to propel himself through the water gives him great joy, particularly as in his daily life Larry is partially paralysed following a stroke three years ago and needs a wheelchair to get around. Larry, aged 78, first started diving at 52, but after his stroke no-one would insure him and he resigned himself to retiring from the sport. "It was then impossible to dive with anybody, because you need a medical certificate to say that you are fit," he said.
'Shock' over stroke death rates
(BBC 12/08/2009)
Stroke death rates are three times higher in the poorest areas of England and Wales, a study has shown. The audit of death figures found there were 29 deaths per 100,000 men under 65 each year in the poorest areas compared with just eight in the wealthiest. For women, the gap was less at 17 per 100,000 in the most deprived and six in the least, the British Heart Foundation and Stroke Association found. The groups said more needed to be done to tackle the "shocking" difference.
Stroke victim uses chart to speak
(BBC 06/08/2009)
A woman who is "locked in" her paralysed body after a massive stroke has developed a way of communicating with her family. Michelle Wheatley, 26, of Stockport, Greater Manchester, was bathing her baby when she suffered the seizure. She has the rare Locked-in Syndrome and her body is completely paralysed, but she can still see, hear and think. Miss Wheatley has a colour-coded alphabet chart to talk to partner Rick Blease and Ryan, four, and Holly, one.
Emergency call operators fail to recognise stroke victims
(The Scotsman 21/05/2009)
THE current system for assessing 999 calls misses more than half of people suffering a stroke, researchers warned today. The questions asked by telephone operators mean that some emergencies are not always prioritised, they said. The latest study was carried out on patients arriving at the North Hampshire Hospital A&E department by ambulance. The assessment made during their 999 call was compared with the diagnosis eventually made by doctors at the hospital.
(BBC 08/05/2009)
Stroke is a medical emergency, and it needs prompt treatment, but some people are still leaving it too late to get medical attention. Think of a stroke as like a "brain" attack; if you think you are having a stroke, you need to dial 999. "I saw a patient in casualty recently who had had a stroke just after taking her kids to school in the morning. She was taken into hospital, given treatment, and by 10.30 she was sitting up in bed talking."
Care for stroke patients 'flawed'
(BBC 23/04/2009)
A quarter of stroke patients are still not given best treatment - a stay in a dedicated stroke unit - an audit shows. The Royal College of Physicians found improvements in stroke care in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. But it also found many patients were still not receiving the rapid attention and diagnostic tests recommended to minimise the risk of serious damage. A government expert said the National Stroke Strategy, introduced in 2007, needed more time to take full effect.
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