Trainee will be able to:

• Describe common presentations of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes

• Accurately administer the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale for patients with suspected ischemic stroke

• Describe anatomic distribution of ischemic cerebrovascular lesions based on neurologic deficits

• Describe an approach to stroke diagnosis in patients presenting with dizziness

• List risk factors for ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes

• List acute interventions for patients presenting with suspected or confirmed stroke and discuss their indications

  • Airway management

  • Glucose measurement / management

  • Blood pressure management

  • Anticoagulation reversal

  • Thrombolysis

  • Endovascular intervention

• Describe guidelines for administration of tPA including indications and contraindications

• Describe an approach to the bleeding patient who recently received tPA

• Discuss the indications for endovascular thrombectomy in ischemic stroke and emerging evidence for extended-window intervention