DHMC participates in new telestroke collaborative
On Halloween, a 52-year old woman with a sudden onset of left-sided paralysis was brought into Catholic Medical Center emergency room in Manchester. Doctors at the hospital videoconferenced with stroke specialists participating in the new Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Mayo Clinic joint telestroke program, who assessed the patient, looked at a CAT scan of her brain and recommended a clot-busting drug. Within an hour after being administered the drug, the patient was able to move the left side of her body.