6/21/2023 0 Comments Clot buster for stroke![]() ![]() “Now we can dissolve the clot onsite with the patient only going to Mackay for monitoring and rehabilitation.” “The sooner we can dissolve the clot, the sooner we get the blood back to the brain reducing the risk of permanent disability or death. “All that was done onsite is a CT scan and if the patient required anything after that they would have to go to Mackay,” she said. “The aim is to undertake this process within 60 minutes.”Ĭlinical Nurse Consultant Vicky Grams said previously, if a patient presented to Proserpine Hospital with a stroke, they were immediately sent to Mackay Base Hospital. “They are then sent to Mackay Base Hospital for care in the Intensive Care Unit and Stroke Rehabilitation Unit or Gold Coast University Hospital if a candidate for Endovascular Clot Retrieval.” “Once the patient consents, a nurse can administer the drug which dissolves the clot allowing blood to once again circulate to the affected area of the brain. “If a clot is found, the doctor rings ahead to a neurologist in Mackay or Townsville who gives the ok to administer Tenecteplase. “When a patient presents to hospital with a suspected stroke, they are immediately sent for a CT scan to check for bleeding, assess for the presence of a large blood clot and then rapidly reviewed by a doctor. “We only have four and a half hours after a stroke strikes to administer Tenecteplase and the sooner we give it, the better the chance of a good outcome,” he said. Proserpine Hospital Senior Medical Officer Dr Justin Gibbs said when a stroke strikes, it attacks up to 1.9 million brain cells per minute. Patients who receive the clot busting drug will increase their chance of no ongoing damage by more than 50 per cent. Proserpine is the first hospital in rural Queensland to be using the life-saving treatment, Tenecteplase. Patients presenting to Proserpine Hospital with an ischaemic stroke now have access to a new clot-busting treatment gaining international attention for its reduction in long-lasting damage to the brain. ![]() Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. ![]()
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