Emergency Medicine Education Fellow Washington University in St. Louis Barnhart, Missouri
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Your patient feels like the “room’s spinning,” is “gonna pass out,” or “near done fell out.” Are they all the same, and when should you be alarmed that their symptoms are secondary to cerebral ischemia? In case you haven’t gotten the HINTS, this session will walk through the pearls and pitfalls of posterior circulation stroke recognition and management in the emergency department.
Learning Objectives:
Describe the difference between the presentation of acute vestibular syndrome (AVS), spontaneous episodic vestibular syndrome (SEVS), and triggered episodic vestibular syndrome (TEVS).
Develop an approach to narrowing the differential for patients with AVS, SEVS, and TEVS in line with the GRACE-3 Guidelines.
Describe the appropriate ED workup for patients with suspected posterior circulation stroke.
Describe the difference between the presentation of acute vestibular syndrome (AVS), spontaneous episodic vestibular syndrome (SEVS), and triggered episodic vestibular syndrome (TEVS).