Stroke Training and Awareness Resources (STARs)

Conclusion

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

You should now be able to:

  • 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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