![]() ![]() A clinician will then give you your results, recommendations, lifestyle advice if required and/or a prescription. You will return to the clinic once your scheduled tests are complete. You will be given an allocated time to attend these departments. If you require a Carotid Doppler, the vascular lab is in West Block on E floor. If you require a CT head, our CT scanners are in the Emergency Department between West and East Block on A floor or B floor West Block. If you require an MRI head, our MRI department is in West Block on A floor. Our nursing team will take your blood pressure and blood tests and complete an ECG on arrival. Carotid Doppler (an ultrasound of the arteries in your neck).We treat patients on an individual basis) Tests (you may not require all of these investigations. A prescription will be issued for any new medication. Patients should expect to be at the TIA clinic for several hours. Patients will undergo tests in the clinic and will receive the results on the same day. Advanced clinical practitioner in stroke.When you attend the clinic you will be assessed and investigated by our TIA specialist team which consist of: Homonymous hemianopia (visual field defect).Most TIAs are thought to resolve within 1 or 2 hours but can persist for up to 24 hours. They are a warning sign that you are at risk of stroke and should never be ignored. TIAs are often referred to mini strokes and are linked to stroke. TIAs are caused by a blockage in one of the arteries (blood vessels) supplying the brain with blood. A transient ischaemic attack is a temporary disruption in the blood supply to the brain. The clinic assesses patients for TIAs and minor strokes.Ī TIA stands for a Transient Ischaemic Attack. We aim to see patients within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms where possible to reduce the risk of a stroke. ![]() If they suspected a TIA, you may have been offered Aspirin 300mg daily or Clopidogrel 300mg daily (unless contraindicated) and you need to continue to take this until you are seen in clinic. You have been referred to the TIA Assessment Unit by your GP or the Emergency Department due your recent symptoms/event. The TIA Assessment Unit is a specialist clinic that offers a rapid access 7 day service in ED Green area at the Queens Medical Centre. ![]() We ask that the public respect these rules during the COVID-19 pandemic. These will be restricted and visitors must be pre-arranged with the nurse in charge. *There will be special allowances made for birthing partners, parents of patients under the age of 18, relatives collecting patients on discharge and those at the end of life. We apologise for any distress this will cause and would appreciate your co-operation at this challenging time. Please think of other ways you can stay in touch with your relative/ friend, such as video calls. ![]() This decision is to help protect our patients and staff. Visiting times In order to protect the safety of our patients please note the following changes: From Sunday 22 March we will not allow any visitors unless they have been pre-arranged with the nurse in charge*.ĭespite our earlier pleas for anyone feeling unwell or with symptoms of a cough or temperature to stay away, we have unfortunately had people with symptoms visiting our hospitals. Patients who require a longer period of rehabilitation are transferred to Daybrook Ward from the Queens Campus. Daybrook is the Stroke Rehabilitation Unit. ![]()
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