Physician-led stroke education
Stroke care, translated from code stroke to recovery.
Evidence-based stroke education for clinicians, trainees, patients, and families — written by Zaka Ahmed, MD, vascular neurology fellow at the University at Buffalo.
Acute Stroke · Neuroimaging · Systems of Care
Stroke symptoms? Call 911.
Balance · Eyes · Face · Arm · Speech · Time. Any sudden change — do not wait. Note the time symptoms started.
§ 01 · Choose your path
Built for the people who treat stroke — and the families living through it.
Protocols, trials, imaging, workflow.
TNK and tPA decisions, thrombectomy criteria, ASPECTS and CT perfusion pearls, and the bedside checklists that keep a stroke service moving.
For Residents & FellowsTrial breakdowns and bedside reasoning.
Landmark stroke trials summarized for the consult resident at 3 a.m. NIHSS, reperfusion decisions, and the literature that drives them.
For Patients & FamiliesPlain-language stroke guides.
Symptoms, hospital care, the first 24 hours, rehab and recovery, and how to prevent another stroke — written in language families can use.
§ 02 · Clinical Tools
Bedside-ready references.
NIHSS Pocket Guide
Full scale, scoring conventions, common pitfalls.
ProtocolTNK / tPA Eligibility
Inclusion, exclusion, and the soft-call cases.
ImagingASPECTS Visual Guide
Annotated slices and scoring walkthrough.
Decision treeThrombectomy Eligibility
Early, late-window, and large-core selection.
ChecklistStroke Workup Checklist
Etiology workup organized by TOAST mechanism.
ChecklistDischarge Prevention
Antithrombotic, BP, statin, and follow-up plan.
§ 03 · Trial Library
Landmark stroke trials.
§ 04 · Latest stroke reviews
Long-form writing from the bedside and the literature.
Dizziness Can Be a Stroke.
Sudden dizziness, vertigo, imbalance, double vision, vomiting, or trouble walking can sometimes be posterior-circulation stroke. Here is how to recognize the dangerous pattern.
Patient GuidesABCD2 Score After TIA.
The ABCD2 score estimates short-term stroke risk after a TIA. Its components, the risk strata, the limitations, and its role in selecting patients for dual antiplatelet therapy.
Clinical Review§ 05 · For patients & families