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Simulating Code Stroke for faster and better care<\/h1>\n
\"Redcliffe

Redcliffe Hospital emergency doctor, Dr Claire Gordon<\/p><\/div>\n

Redcliffe Hospital\u2019s emergency doctors and clinicians are conducting realistic training simulations to sharpen their skills and shorten response times for when the minutes really matter.<\/h4>\n

Dr Claire Gordon is an emergency department doctor who has been arranging weekly training in the hospital\u2019s emergency department, including the latest large-scale simulation, which practised the hospital\u2019s Code Stroke pathway.<\/p>\n

\u201cCode Stroke is a pathway that’s enacted when a patient presents to the emergency department with stroke-like symptoms,\u201d Dr Gordon said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith a stroke, time is critical. The faster we can get a stroke patient through medical imaging and to definitive treatment, the more brain tissue we can save and the better the patient\u2019s outcome is likely to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Gordon says a Code Stroke response can start even before a stroke patient arrives at the hospital, when paramedics have a patient on the way to the hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe activate a Code Stroke alert across the hospital that calls together the right clinicians, putting them in the right place to assess and care for the patient quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s even a designated area in the emergency department\u2019s triage area specifically for Code Stroke patients when the come through our doors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn arrival, a rapid assessment of the patient is done, assessing their symptoms and condition, before getting them to medical imaging where a CT scanner is waiting, as part of the Code Stroke activation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Gordon said the Redcliffe emergency department may call a Code Stroke several times a day, with more than 200 patients presenting to the department on any given day.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrevious large-scale simulations have been based around paediatric and obstetrics emergencies. This time, it was the Code Stroke pathway with a multidisciplinary response involving the full emergency department team, including doctors, nurses, radiology, and administration and operational staff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even after 12 years of medical and clinical education, Dr Gordon says the simulation environment makes doctors and clinicians better at their jobs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can always do better. Doctors never stop learning.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLearning can be from medical colleagues, from nurses and allied health clinicians, or any of the team members we work alongside,\u201d Dr Gordon said.<\/p>\n

Redcliffe Hospital has previously been recognised by the Australian Stroke Foundation for excellence in stroke care.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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