167: When a Stroke Doesn't Look Like a Stroke: Recognizing Basilar Artery Occlusions

Podcast: Rapid Response RN · Sarah Lorenzini

Opublikowano: 2026-10-24

How do you recognize a stroke when the usual symptoms are present? No facial droop. No slurred speech. No one-sided weakness. In this episode, you'll hear the case of a post-op patient with normal vital signs but complaints of double vision. What follows is one of the most devastating types of ischemic stroke: a basilar artery occlusion. Sarah walks through each decision that led to the patient's full recovery, from the bedside nurse's decision to activate the rapid response team, the the RRT nurse calling a stroke alert, to thrombectomy when thrombolytics weren’t an op...