Saving the brain with a new emergency medication for stroke
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The existing emergency medications that are used for stroke patients don’t always work, and not all stroke patients can receive them. This research is testing a new medication that could improve emergency treatment for stroke.
Can we improve ambulance services to get more stroke patients the emergency care they need?
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Dr McClelland will work with paramedics to improve emergency treatment for stroke by finding new ways to support a better response on the scene, and how paramedics’ can communicate with hospitals.
Can a new treatment package improve survival and life after stroke caused by a bleed in the brain?
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This research will find out if a new package of emergency treatments for stroke caused by bleeding in the brain, called the ‘ABC bundle’ can be used in hospitals across the UK.
Without stroke research, I may not be here
Type: What we do
When dad-of-three Ronnie had a stroke on Christmas Eve 2018, he thought it was the end. But thanks to stroke research, a “miraculous” emergency treatment meant he was able to rebuild his life.
Improving access to thrombectomy
Type: What we do
Since thrombectomy became available as an emergency stroke treatment in 2017, fewer than 2,500 have been carried out per year.
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