18th August 2024

A 71-year-old woman was seen in A&E with left-sided arm and leg weakness. The symptoms came on suddenly

A 71-year-old woman was seen in A&E with left-sided arm and leg weakness. The symptoms came on suddenly whilst she was walking and resulted in her falling to the ground. Unfortunately, she was not able to attend hospital within the time frame for thrombolysis and symptoms are ongoing when you review her at five hours from onset. She has a past medical history of hypertension for which she takes amlodipine. ECG shows the following:

CT head does not demonstrate any acute haemorrhage, and there is no evidence of large vessel occlusion. What medication should she be given?

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