Hopkins Medicine



SEEING WARNING SIGNS OF A STROKE?

If signs or symptoms of a stroke are evident e.g.:

• Sudden onset of numbness or weakness

• Sudden onset of confusion or difficulty speaking

• Sudden onset of vision loss

• Sudden onset of dizziness or imbalance

• Sudden onset of severe headache

Use these numbers to call for help:

|Outside the Hospital |For JHH Inpatients |All Others and JHOC |

|Call 911 |Immediately call the Brain Attack Team (BAT) and Primary Team |Immediately call the Code Team |

| | |X5-4444 |

| |Call BAT at x5-9444, the HAL (Hopkins Access Line) | |

| |Call the primary team | |

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| |If BAT does not respond in 6 minutes call x5-9444 again and ask| |

| |for the Stroke Attending on-call. | |

| |The primary team should start the “tPa initial eval” order set.| |

Revised 02/14/2015

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