• According to the World Health Organization, 15 million people suffer from strokes worldwide each year. Of these, 5 million die and another 5 million are permanently disabled.
• Approximately 8% 15% of all strokes are hemorrhagic. Depending on severity, treatment includes intercranial pressure monitoring, introduction of rTPA or “clot buster” and in some cases, clot aspiration.
• To obtain requisite imaging for these evacuation procedures, critically ill patients are transported out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to various locations in the hospital for imaging and then ultimately the operating room. Delays in treatment and removal from the care of the ICU poses risk to these tenous patients.