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Video content is professionally consulted by Master, Doctor Nguyen Nam Duong - Emergency Doctor - Vinmec Times City International Hospital.
With the trend of increasingly young people and accounting for a high mortality rate, stroke is now considered an extremely dangerous disease in the current society. So what should be done to detect stroke patients fastest?
According to Master, Doctor Nguyen Nam Duong, Emergency Doctor - Vinmec Times City International Hospital, FAST method is the most popular stroke detection method globally.
With the following signs: facial paralysis, arm paralysis, slurred speech, and difficulty speaking, there is an 87% chance of this patient having a stroke. Or if 2 out of 4 of the above symptoms are present, 70% of patients will have a stroke.
When detecting a stroke patient, it is necessary to perform a number of activities to quickly handle the following stroke:
Detect; Exchange information of patient's family members with qualified emergency medical centers and facilities; Door: doctors, nurses will evaluate the patient, the patient's condition, distinguish it from other cases such as epilepsy, hypoglycemia... Collect information about the patient's medical history (time of onset). stroke). Master, Doctor Nguyen Nam Duong said: There are many measures to approach stroke such as damage level, damage morphology, stroke time... To quickly deal with stroke patients , Vinmec General Hospital deployed a stroke team including emergency resuscitation doctors, neurologists, radiologists, rehabilitation doctors, etc. to coordinate in the process of detecting and treating stroke. . Depending on each case, can be treated with drugs, medical treatment, intervention to remove the artery block.
After the stroke is resolved by revascularization, the patient will be treated at the Department of Emergency Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation, Neurology... depending on the extent of damage and complications.
Thus, the FAST method is very important, especially in detecting and exchanging information with medical centers and facilities in a timely manner in detecting and quickly treating stroke cases.
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