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Immediate assessment in Emergency Room

  • BM 6.2, BP 175/84
  • Weak left face, arm and leg – no movement. Left hemianopia, Left sided neglect – NIHSS 15
  • No regular medications
  • Despite falling no obvious injury
  • Weight 65kg
  • At 10.05 CT/CTA – shows minor ischaemic changes in right hemisphere, a dense R MCA, CTA confirmed proximal MCA occlusion

Vera's CT and CTA