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Episode 31: Stroke & Dizziness
https://phemcast.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/stroke_final.mp3
The Danish mnemonic to help remember the elements of a cerebellar neurological examination:
There are lots of Youtube videos to demonstrate these signs, here are a few which I thought were particularly helpful:
Disdiadochokinesis
Ataxia
Nystagmus
Intention tremor
If you would like to read more, there is a blog post Martin and I wrote here on the subject of dizziness, including some videos demonstrating elements of the HINTS exam, and another one from the St Emlyns team.
This is the paper Martin mentions.
Want to know more about stroke thrombolysis? Have a listen to this episode from our friends over at The Resus Room.