Cerebral Vascular Accident

Cerebral Vascular Accident

• How the situation arose – Why did the animal trials start and therefore clinical trials evolve? What were the reasons

behind this?
• History of the CVA’s and its treatment – how it used to be dealt with
• and therefore how management/treatment has evolved.

I know that animal trials for neuroprotective agents have begun now but why? and also how was it managed years ago and

how has it evolved to the way it is dealt with now.

There is to be a second section but is not to be linked in with the background. This is for another completely different

part of my assignment so is a completely separate lot of information!
The second section needs to discuss how hypothermia could help a stroke/CVA patient in the early “paramedic” stages of