Understanding Stroke Care

Understanding Stroke
Care
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Contents
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
1.1: Explain the different types of cerebrovascular accident (CVA)...........................................3
1.2: Discuss the signs and symptoms of left sided and right sided cerebrovascular accident.....3
1.3: Analyse the reasons for different presentations of signs and symptoms with regard to
physiology of brain......................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
2.1: Discuss the risk factors associated with a cerebrovascular accident and preventative health
measures......................................................................................................................................4
2.2: Compare and contrast the available investigations associated with diagnosis of CVA.......4
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
3.1: Describe the acute and long-term care post CVA................................................................5
3.2: Discuss the roles and interventions of the rehabilitation team.............................................5
3.3: Evaluate the effectiveness of care in a specialised stroke unit on outcomes........................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
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TASK 1
1.1: Explain the different types of cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
Cerebrovascular accident is also known as stroke which occurs when the flow of blood to a
part of brain is stopped either rupture of blood vessels or blockage. The cerebrovascular accident
is mainly of two types including haemorrhagic stroke or ischemic stroke. Haemorrhagic stock
occurs due to rupture of blood vessels which prevents blood from getting to brain part. In the
brain, haemorrhage may occur in membrane surrounding brain or in any vessel of blood in brain.
When the blood vessel is blocked by a blood clot and prevents oxygen and blood from getting to
brain, then ischemic stroke occurs. This can occur in two ways including thrombotic stroke and
embolic stroke. Apart from these types of strokes, the another types includes transient ischemic
attack, brain stem stroke and cryptogenic stroke (Dafer, ROsteraas, and Biller, 2020).
1.2: Discuss the signs and symptoms of left sided and right sided cerebrovascular accident
Signs and symptoms of left sided CVA:
The signs and symptoms of left sided cerebrovascular accident includes problems with
speech; issues in understanding language; right sided paralysis or weakness and sensory
impairment; memory issues; behavioral changes like consciousness, depression and hesitancy;
visual problems involving inability to see right visual field of eye; inability to learn, write and
read new information; and impaired ability to organize, do math, reason and analyses items.
Signs and symptoms of right sided CVA:
The symptoms and sign of right sided cerebrovascular accident includes inability to
recognize or localize body parts; left sided paralysis or weakness and sensory impairment;
memory problems; behavioral changes like impulsivity, depression, lack of concern regarding
situations and inappropriateness; inability to find objects like toiletry or clothing items and
inability to understand maps; spatial problems which deep perception or directions like front or
back and up or down; denial of impairment or paralysis and reduced insights into issues
developed by stroke (Feigin, Norrving, and Mensah, 2017).
1.3: Analyse the reasons for different presentations of signs and symptoms with regard to
physiology of brain
Brain is a nervous tissue organ which commands task evoked responses, emotions,
communication, memory, thinking, language, movement and senses. The human brain consists
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