Document type: Clinical pathways
Place: East and North Hertfordshire
Output type: Clinical Pathways
Pathway: Primary Care Assessment of Suspected Stroke/TIA Pathway Primary Care Risk Stratification of Suspected TIA Pathway Primary Care Management of Suspected TIA Pathway

TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack)

IF THE PATIENT STILL HAS SYMPTOMS/SIGNS, REFER AS AN EMERGENCY VIA THE SUSPECTED STROKE PATHWAY (BLUE LIGHT AMBULANCE TO NEAREST E.D. AT A HOSPITAL WITH HASU STATUS)

High risk patients
Does your patient have any of these?

Known AF or currently in AF and NOT anti-coagulated
>1 episodes within 1 week (Crescendo)
On warfarin or NOAC
A young patient with neck pain with TIA
Prosthetic valve and under coagulated

If any yes - Please contact the stroke team: Drs office 01438 285436 Reception desk 01438 285323

In other cases please complete the TIA referral form on the left.

If in doubt regarding referral please discuss your patient with the stroke team on: Drs office 01438 285436 Reception desk 01438 285323

If your patient has cognitive difficulties, is severely frail, has learning disability or if there are safe guarding concerns or mobility or transport issues please also contact the stroke team on this number to discuss referral

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