A much easier way to perform the head impulse test using your iphone.
Video for Diagnosing Posterior Stroke
This is the video for cerebellar stroke diagnosis. Listen to the podcast first.
EMCrit Podcast 33 – Diagnosis of Posterior Stroke
What if I told you that I think that patient you just sent home with vertigo may have been a missed cerebellar stroke? Would you be dialing risk management or could you tell me all of the reasons why I’m wrong? Isolated vertigo without other neurological findings can’t be a stroke, right? That is true, if you are doing the right exam, but if you are just doing your standard ED neuro screening exam then you might be missing serious pathology. In this episode of the EMCrit podcast, I discuss how to perform the tests that will differentiate a peripheral cause of continuous vertigo from a cerebellar stroke.