RAD CT Guide

*This code should only be ordered after consultation with the stroke neurologist. This code is for if a Non Contrast Brain and a CT Arch to COW angio has already been performed.
IF WANTING NON CONTRAST BRAIN + PERFUSION + ARCH TO COW ANGIO-- PLEASE SEE ORDER "CT ANGIOGRAPHY ACUTE STROKE"

Potential neurological symptoms in the presence of an Acute Stroke

• Muscular: difficulty walking, paralysis with weak muscles, problems with coordination, or paralysis of one side of the body

• Visual: blurred vision, double vision, sudden visual loss, or temporary loss of vision in one eye

• Speech: difficulty speaking, slurred speech, or speech loss

• Whole body: fatigue, light-headedness, or vertigo

• Limbs: numbness or weakness

• Facial: muscle weakness or numbness

• Also common: balance disorder, difficulty swallowing, headache, inability to understand, mental confusion, pins and needles or reduced sensation of touch

 

These symptoms should be assessed for onset and clinical correlation with a neurologists recommendation.

 

• Assess whether a stroke is haemorrhage or ischaemic in nature to enact the appropriate treatment in a timely manner (e.g. endovascular clot retrieval or intravenous thrombolysis)