FAQ
- When is it appropriate to discharge to 'somewhere else'?
- What do you answer if the patient has been discharged to a care home where they are receiving 24/7 care? (Question 7.9.2)
- If social services have allocated a personalised support budget to a patient can these visits be included in 7.9.2?
- Should the modified Rankin Scale score be solely related to disability resulting from stroke or include general level of disability? (Question 7.4)
- What should be entered if there is not an up to date Modified Rankin Scale (MRS) score on discharge available?
- What happens when a patient is identified as high risk of malnutrition but after a swallow assessment is no longer considered at risk?
- If a patient is screened and not identified as high risk of malnutrition, but are screened again due to their condition deteriorating, and are then identified as at risk of malnutrition, what screening results should be entered onto SSNAP?
- When does the ‘clock’ start for questions regarding the first 72 hours of care?
- A patient has been transferred to another team within 24 hours of admission. How do I complete sections 1-3?
- What is the most accurate way to reflect the pathway of a stroke patient who initially passed a swallow screen but then goes on to develop problems after 72hrs?
- If a patient was first assessed by a stroke specialist consultant physician through telemedicine, does this count (Question 3.3)?
- How should I record a patient who was for palliative care in the first 72 hours but whom then recovers? (Question 3.1)
- What NIHSS score should I enter for ‘What was the patient’s NIHSS score at 24 hours after thrombolysis?’ if the patient died within 24 hours after receiving thrombolysis? (Question 2.9)
- What happens when a stroke patient has a brain scan at a hospital and is then immediately transferred to another hospital? (Question 2.4)
- If a patient is scanned as an outpatient and an infarct is detected but is not admitted to hospital until a later date (eg 24 hours or 48 hours later) what should be entered for arrival and scanning date/time?
- Will selecting “not known” for components of NIHSS affect the audit compliance level for my team?
- When should the NIHSS score be recorded?
- What should be recorded as the patient’s NIHSS score on arrival if they are unconscious or comatose? (Question 2.3)
- Why does SSNAP collect NIHSS (especially for non-thrombolysed patients)? (Question 2.3)
- Should a cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) stroke be included on SSNAP?
- For an inpatient stroke what should I enter as the first ward of admission? (Question 1.14)
- What onset time should be recorded if a patient has a stroke during sleep? (Question 1.11)
- How do I record a change of diagnosis? (Question 1.9)
- What postcode should I enter for overseas patients or those with no fixed abode? (Question 1.7)
- I think my expected number of cases is incorrect, what should I do?
- How can I register a new user with SSNAP?
- Where can I find information for Quality Accounts?
- How should patients with two stroke occurrences within the same day be recorded?
- What records should be added onto SSNAP?
- If a patient is palliative prior to their stroke, should the patient be indicated as for palliative care? (Question 3.1)