Understanding Stroke Care - CVA Assignment PDF
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Understanding Stroke Care
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3TASK 1............................................................................................................................................31.1 Explain various kinds of CVA..............................................................................................31.2 Discuss symptoms and signs of left sided and right sided CVA...........................................51.3 Reasons for different presentations of signs and symptoms with regard to physiology ofbrain.............................................................................................................................................5TASK 2............................................................................................................................................72.1 Risk factors associated with a CVA and preventive health measures...................................72.2 Compare and contrast the available investigations linked with diagnosis of CVA..............8TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................103.1 Describe acute and long term care post CVA.....................................................................103.2 Roles and interventions of the rehabilitation team..............................................................103.3 Effectiveness of care in a specialised stroke unit................................................................12CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13
INTRODUCTIONStroke care refers to provide effective medical facilities and support to an individual formaking them feeling relieved from condition of stroke. It includes various aspects includingtherapies, medications and other treatment practices that can be applied for improving healthcondition of a person. However, stroke can be described as a disease which affects arteriesleading to and within the brain (Wallace and et. al., 2016). It take place when blood vessel thatcarries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts. The present reportwill focus on different types of Cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) with its signs and reasons fordifferentiated presentations of symptoms with regard to physiology of brain. It will also includesrisk factors linked with CVA and preventive health measure along with diagnosis of the same.The acute & long terms care post CVA and roles & interventions of rehabilitation team witheffectiveness of care is given below. TASK 11.1 Explain various kinds of CVACerebrovascular accident (CVA) can be considered as a medical term for stroke thatoccurs when flowing blood to part of brain get stopped due to rupture of blood vessel orblockage. It consist the sudden death of few of brain cells because of lack of oxygen when bloodflow to brain get impaired by blockage of ruptured artery. However, it is known as a medicalsituation of suddenly occurring of focal and non convulsive neurologic deficit due to death ofbrain cells because of interruption of flowing of blood. CVA has several symptoms such assudden & sudden headache, one sided paralysis, weakness on one side, confusion, difficultcommunication, losing one side vision, loss of balance and becoming unconscious.Cerebrovascular accident can be categorised into two categories such as ischaemic andhaemorrhagic stroke (Koifman and et. al., 2016). Moreover, it has been analysed thatRemembering FAST is helpful to recognise most common symptoms of stroke because it standsfor face, arm, speech and time. Different types of Cerebrovascular Accidents (CVA)Ischaemic stroke – This can be known as most common type of stroke that take placedue to prevention of blood & oxygen supply to a part of the brain due to presence of blood clot ina blood vessel. It consist two aspects which are responsible for occurrence of condition named
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