Instructions 1. Background You are a hospital pharmacist working as part of a mu
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Question
Instructions
1. Background
You are a hospital pharmacist working as part of a multi-disciplinary team on the stroke ward. Every morning you attend a multi-disciplinary meeting (MDM) to discuss the progress of your patients. The MDMs ensure that everyone is up to date and working together to achieve best outcomes to enhance a patient’s health outcome and optimise their functioning prior to discharge from the hospital. Members of your team include:
Stroke nurse
Doctors
Occupational therapist
Speech pathologist
Physiotherapist
Social Worker
Dietitian
2. The Patient
Your current patient, Mr TF (80 years old), has had a stroke as a result of a blood clot that travelled to his brain. The clot was dissolved in the emergency department, before his admission to the stroke ward, but there appears to be some cell death in his brain that has affected his functioning. Mr TF is having trouble expressing his words and has lost mobility in the left side of his body. Some of the health professionals believe they will be able to improve his functioning but he will likely require a different approach to everyday tasks such as making coffee. Mr TF is worried about this as he lives alone at home and has no family close by. He does not know how he will cope with all these new medicines and ongoing doctors’ appointments.
Question
a. Describe what role three (3) of the health professionals on the stroke team (other than a pharmacist) has in this MDM and how they may assist with in Mr TF’s care (150-200 words).
Roles are : Dietitian, Speech pathologist, Stroke nurse
Explanation / Answer
1.Speech pathologist = clot formation in carotid artery Leeds to block blood vessels of brain. A Stroke in the left side of the brain affects the right side of body producing paralysis of right side and sometimes speech or language problems.
Dietitian = the heart disease and stroke result of south actress like high bad cholesterol level and low good cholesterol level, high blood pressure, smoking also affect heart diseases and fat level in body.
stroke nurse = treatment is clot dissolving drugs that can restore the damage. Thrombolytic drugs should be given to the patient.