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10 minute stationSuspected Acute Stroke, 71-Year-Old Male
Dispatch
Cat 2 — 71-year-old male, sudden onset facial droop and slurred speech, last seen well 45 minutes ago.
On arrival
Patient seated on sofa, right-sided facial droop, right arm weakness, dysarthria. Wife confirms he was normal at breakfast.
Initial observations
- Airway
- Patent, dysarthric speech
- RR
- 18
- SpO2
- 97% on air
- Pulse
- 88 irregularly irregular
- BP
- 176/98 mmHg
- Blood glucose
- 6.2 mmol/L
- FAST/ROSIER
- Positive — facial droop, arm weakness, speech disturbance