Stroke patient definition
Stroke patient means any person with an episode of neurological dysfunction or headache caused by focal cerebral, spinal, or retinal infarction or by a focal collection of blood within the brain parenchyma, ventricular system, or subarachnoid space that is not caused by trauma.
Stroke patient means an individual who has signs or symptoms of a stroke and is receiving assessment or treatment for a stroke.
Stroke patient. A person evaluated by EMS field personnel, physician, nursing or other clinical personnel according to the policies and protocols established by ICEMA, as may be amended from time to time, and been found to require Stroke Receiving Center services due to a condition of impaired blood flow to a patient’s brain resulting in brain dysfunction, most commonly through vascular occlusion or hemorrhage.
More Definitions of Stroke patient
Stroke patient means a patient evaluated by pre-hospital, physician, nursing, or other 27 clinical personnel according to the policies and procedures established by the Agency, 28 as may be amended from time to time, and been found to require PSC, or 29 Comprehensive Stroke Center services.
Stroke patient means a patient exhibiting the signs and symptoms of a suspected stroke.