The Yale Stroke Consultative Service

Stroke is the leading cause of disability in adults in the U.S. Over 800 stroke patients are admitted to Yale-New Haven Hospital annually. Stroke patients are admitted to the general neurology service, the hospitalist service, as well as other specialty services. It is important that patients on all these services receive the same standard of care driven by evidence-based medicine. In response to this paradigm, a team comprised of an attending, nurse practitioner and junior resident provide consultative services to all teams caring for stroke patients. Together with the Senior Ward Resident and the neurology resident on the Emergency Department rotation, this team provides Acute Stroke Care and responds to all stroke codes in a coordinated fashion. Stroke code is the protocol used for the rapid evaluation of patients with acute neurologic deficits to determine whether treatment with thrombolytics is appropriate.

Last modified: August 2006





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