ACLS Megacode 4: Stroke

An 84-year-old male presents with acute onset of left arm and leg weakness.

He is noted to have facial droop as well as left arm and left leg weakness on exam. His speech is slightly slurred.

It is important to determine time of onset of symptoms.

Patient is rushed to a CT scan and found to have acute right sided ischemic stroke in the MCA distribution.

You discover his symptoms started 1.5 hours ago.