4: Specialist care

Introduction

This activity explores the knowledge and skills required to enable health and social care staff to recognise the impact that specialist care has on how a person may recover from their stroke.

NB: This module has undergone a full content review and update March 2021 

Learning point:

• Identify the reasons why stroke care within a specialised stroke unit results in better outcomes than care within a non-specialised environment

 

Reference

Stroke Unit Trialists’ Collaboration (2007). Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care for stroke.
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2007 Oct 17;(4):CD000197. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000197.pub2.

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