title: Stroke as a clinical emergency.
abstract: Figures from the National Audit Office ( 2005 ) reveal that stroke accounts for 11 per cent of deaths in England and Wales each year, that up to 30 per cent of stroke patients die within a month of event, and that a quarter of people living to the age of 85 can expect to have a stroke.
authors.affiliation: Ambulance technician.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gunning
authors.affiliation: SRPara was a paramedic at the time of writing.
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Time of writing all at Staffordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thayne
authors.affiliation: Staffordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust and professor of cardiac nursing at Coventry University.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.affiliation: Staffordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust at time of writing.
authors.forename: Anton van
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Dellen