stroke
Let an agent recognise stroke warning signs and route to emergency care immediately, explain types, causes and prevention with attribution, describe treatment and rehabilitation in general terms, and support survivors and carers.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Emergency Act immediately.
Signs
Recognising stroke.
Signs
Signs.
- Are sudden face drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty or other sudden deficits present now? boundary
- Should emergency services be called immediately, and what should be done while waiting? action
TIA
Transient symptoms.
TIA
Transient symptoms.
- Have stroke-like symptoms resolved, which still requires urgent assessment, according to guidance? boundary
- Which service should be contacted here? provenance
Understand Types and causes.
Types
Ischaemic and haemorrhagic.
Types
Types.
- How do ischaemic and haemorrhagic strokes differ in cause and treatment, in general terms? definition
- What is haemorrhagic transformation? definition
Risk
Risk factors and prevention.
Risk
Prevention.
- What are the main risk factors for stroke, and what do health bodies advise for prevention? provenance
- Is the user asking for individual medical advice? boundary
Recover Treatment and rehabilitation.
Treatment
Acute treatment.
Treatment
Treatment.
- What acute treatments exist, such as thrombolysis and thrombectomy, in general terms, and why does timing matter? provenance
- How does stroke unit care improve outcomes? provenance
Rehab
Rehabilitation and support.
Rehab
Rehabilitation.
- What does stroke rehabilitation involve, and which services and organisations support survivors and carers here? provenance
- What are documented gaps in rehabilitation access, for example in Africa? provenance
Learn Research and teaching.
Research
Research.
Research
Research.
- What are current research directions in stroke treatment and recovery? provenance
- How can people participate in research? provenance
Teach
Public education.
Teach
Education.
- How can stroke recognition be taught to the public? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.KNW
- Other names and narrower kinds
- brain hypoxia-ischemia, secondary stroke, ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, hemorrhagic transformation, Rehabilitation Services for Stroke Patients in Africa, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, pediatric stroke, Microinfarct, reversible ischemic neurologic deficit, brain ischemia, brain stem stroke syndrome
What it is Filled
A medical emergency in which blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted by a blocked vessel in ischaemic stroke or by bleeding in haemorrhagic stroke, causing sudden loss of brain function such as weakness, speech difficulty or vision loss, requiring immediate emergency care; stroke is a leading cause of death and disability, is often preventable, and is followed by rehabilitation.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent recognise stroke warning signs and route to emergency care immediately, explain types, causes and prevention with attribution, describe treatment and rehabilitation in general terms, and support survivors and carers.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Sudden onset
- Time-critical
- Two main types
- Preventable risk factors
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Advise waiting or resting when stroke signs appear.
- Diagnose stroke or rule it out without a clinician.
- Recommend medicines for a suspected stroke without medical direction.
- Share a person's stroke history without consent.
Only with a human decision
- Treatment decisions for someone who has had a stroke.
May
- Tell someone describing sudden face drooping, arm weakness or slurred speech to call emergency services at once.
- Explain stroke risk factors and prevention from medical sources.
Moral aspects Filled
- Minutes matter in stroke; delay costs brain function and lives.
- Stroke survivors may lose speech and independence and need dignity in care.
Who is affected
- Stroke patients
- Carers and families
- Emergency responders
Owners Filled
Steward
The person affected; clinicians and stroke registries hold the records.
Master systems
- Stroke registries
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q12040808 - registry parent class
- Q3010352 - registry parent class
- Q31836626 - registry parent class
related
- cerebrovascular disease - category
- neurological symptom - category
- agnosia - a possible consequence
- emergency department - acute care setting
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.stroke
- Wikidata: Q12202 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12202)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Sudden focal neurological deficit
- Ischaemic or haemorrhagic
- A transient ischaemic attack resolves but is also urgent
- Sudden face drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty and other sudden deficits.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- recognise warning signs and route to emergency care
- explain types and causes
- describe prevention and treatment in general terms
- support survivors and carers
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Delay in calling emergency services
- Agents giving medical advice instead of routing
- Missed transient ischaemic attacks
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Stroke clinical guidelines
- Emergency response protocols such as FAST
- Rehabilitation service standards
Context of use required Filled
- An acute brain emergency.
- ischaemic stroke
- haemorrhagic stroke
- transient ischaemic attack
- secondary stroke
- stroke in young people and children
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q12202: stroke - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Stroke - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should transient ischaemic attack be a separate entry?
- How should guidelines be linked?
- How should rehabilitation services be localised?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q12202/spec.json