Search for a stroke Stroke Care Unit and Stroke Rehabilitation Unit by state. Treatment of stroke in a stroke unit,{footnote}unit Trialists' Collaboration. Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care for stroke. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Revie ws 2001, Issue 3 Art : CD000197 DOI: 101002/14651858CD000197 2001.{/footnote} {footnote}foley N, Salter K, Teasell R. Specialized stroke services: A meta-analysis comparing three models of care. Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2007;23(2-3):194-202.{/footnote} and treatment with tpa {footnote}wardlaw JM, del Zoppo G, Yamaguchi T. Thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, Issue 3. Art..: CD000213. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000213.{/footnote} {footnote}mielke O, Wardlaw J, Liu M. Thrombolysis (different doses, routes of administration and agents) for acute ischaemic stroke. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2004, Issue 4 Art :CD000514DOI: 101002/14651858CD000514pub2. 2004.{/footnote} {footnote}the ATLANTIS ECASS and NINDS rt-pa Study Group Investigators. Association of outcome with early stroke treatment: Pooled analysis of ATLANTIS, ECASS, and NINDS rt-pa stroke trials. Lancet. 2004;363(9411):768-74.{/footnote} (an agent that breaks up clots) has been shown to save lives. The following table summarises the hospitals that have a stroke care unit for dedicated care of stroke patients, as well as those that provide tpa for acute stroke care in suitable patients. This is self-reported information provided by these hospitals to the National Stroke Foundation, and is correct as of February 2008. Some further information has been provided to the Stroke Society of Australasia by some hospitals. This information has been used to update the list (see below). Attending a hospital having a stroke unit does not guarantee that treatment will be provided in the stroke unit. Similarly, attending a hospital that is listed as providing treatment with tpa does not guarantee that treatment with tpa will be provided. Patients should check with their local hospital whether they have a stroke unit and whether treatment may be provided with tpa. In the future this page will also list hospitals that have a stroke rehabilitation unit. If the details for your hospital are incorrect, please provide updated details to the secretariat using the contact form. This will help keep this list as up to date as possible. View or Download Financial Review Article on Mens Health ( 375.32 kb ) 1 / 5
Stroke Unit by State: ACT NSW QLD SA Tas VIC WA Stroke Unit tpa available Number of beds ACT Canberra Hospital Woden NSW Bankstown Hospital Bankstown Belmont District Hospital Belmont Blacktown Hospital Blacktown Bowral Hospital Bowral 4 Broken Hill Hospital Broken Hill Campbelltown Hospital Campbelltown Concord Hospital Concord Gosford Hospital Gosford John Hunter Hospital New Lambton Heights Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital Hornsby Liverpool Hospital Liverpool Manly Hospital Manly Nepean Hospital Penrith Mater Hospital Newcastle Prince of Wales Hospital Randwick Royal rth Shore Hospital - St Leonards 4 Sutherland Hospital - Caringbah 4 St Vincents - Darlinghurst 6 Wagga Base Hospital* 4 Westmead Hospital - Westmead Wollongong Hospital - Wollongong 4 Wyong Hospital - Wyong 4 St. George Hospital - Kogarah 4 (8 in v) QLD Wesley Hospital - Auchenflower 6 2 / 5
St Andrew's Hospital - Brisbane 15 Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital -Brisbane 12 Princess Alexandra Hospital - Woolloongabba* 6-8 Townsville Hospital - Kirwan 4 Redcliffe Hospital - Redcliffe 8 SA The Royal Adelaide Hospital - Adelaide 12 Flinders Medical Centre - Bedford Park 15 Repatriation General Hospital - Daw Park Tas Royal Hobart Hospital - Hobart 10 Launceston General Hospital - Launceston 11 VIC Alfred Hospital - Prahran Austin Hospital - Heidelberg Ballarat Health Services Base Hospital- Ballarat* 4 Box Hill Hospital -Box Hill Epworth Hospital, Richmond VIC 4 Frankston Hospital* Geelong Hospital Barwon Health Geelong 4 Monash Medical Centre - Clayton 10 Royal Melbourne Hospital - Parkville 15 St Vincent s Hospital - Fitzroy 5 South West Healthcare - Warrnambool Campus 4 3 / 5
Western Hospital - Footscray 18 WA Royal Perth Hospital, Perth 14 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands 6 Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle 10 Geraldton Regional Hospital, Geraldton 6 Swan District Hospital, Middle Swan* * Updated using information provided by hospital staff Top Self reported stroke units without dedicated stroke beds, or with beds as part of neurology ward. Hospital tpa-available Royal Children s Hospital* - Parkville Vic Mona Vale Hospital - Mona Vale NSW The Queen Elizabeth Hospital* - Woodville South SA Hospital tpa-available Burnie Hospital TAS Lyell McEwin Hospital - Elizabeth Vale SA Hospital St Sarina QLD 4 / 5
Gold Coast Hospital - Southport QLD Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital - Coopers Plains QLD Calvary Healthcare ACT Ryde Hospital NSW Top 5 / 5