{"id":9004111222081354,"date":"2024-01-04T14:03:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T19:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.devcct.ca\/?post_type=actualites&p=9004111222081354"},"modified":"2024-11-22T09:51:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T14:51:52","slug":"telethrombolysis-every-minute-counts","status":"publish","type":"actualites","link":"https:\/\/telesantequebec.ca\/en\/news\/telethrombolysis-every-minute-counts\/","title":{"rendered":"Telethrombolysis: when every minute counts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Telethrombolysis is a telehealth medical procedure that ensures equitable access to stroke treatment, regardless of the patient’s place of residence. It quickly connects a specialist neurologist in another hospital centre with the local emergency care team. This ensures that the best possible decision is taken to limit the after-effects of the stroke.<\/span><\/p>\n

Telehealth is more than just teleconsultation, during which a patient meets a healthcare professional at a distance. The telehealth modality also makes it possible to obtain, thanks to simple technologies, sometimes more complex health care and services.<\/p>\n

How telethrombolysis works<\/h2>\n

Telethrombolysis is an example of how telehealth can play a key role in providing quality service in critical cases. Telethrombolysis is offered in hospitals that do not have the specialized resources and are too far away to transfer their patients in the time required. <\/p>\n

How it works is quite simple: when a stroke patient arrives in the emergency department, the emergency physician calls the vascular neurologist on duty at the designated tertiary hospital. The on-call neurologist takes the call to discuss the clinical case, and prepares to accompany the emergency physician remotely to manage the patient. The patient’s clinical assessment is carried out via a live video call and by consulting results transmitted via a secure medical imaging system. <\/p>\n

During his assessment, the neurologist confirms whether thrombolysis is the appropriate treatment, and if so, assists the emergency physician and his team in administering it. Depending on the case, a decision is made as to whether or not the patient needs to be transferred to a tertiary hospital. <\/p>\n

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What is thrombolysis?<\/h3>\n

A drug treatment administered to ischemic stroke patients to dissolve the blood clot obstructing a cerebral artery. Its aim is to limit the extent of neurological damage. It must be administered within 4 and a half hours of the onset of stroke symptoms.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

A proven service<\/h2>\n

Telethrombolysis services are provided by vascular neurologists at two university hospitals: <\/p>\n