Vera is a 77yr old retired nurse who cares for her husband John who has dementia.
She got up at 8am, cooked John his breakfast but whilst tidying collapses with left sided weakness. She is unable to get up.
John presses their alarm, and their daughter phones to see what is wrong. John is clearly distressed so she drives around arriving at 9am. Finding her mother on the floor with left facial droop and unable to get up she phones 999 at 9.10am.
At 9.30am the paramedics arrive, diagnose a probable stroke (+ve FAST test, normal BM, BP 165/80). They take Vera to the nearest emergency dept, pre-alerting them when about 10 mins away.
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- For more details on the FAST test: Case 1: Jimmy: The FAST test
