Meet some of the brightest minds contributing to research with the Australian Stroke Alliance. Individuals from more than 30 organisations have come together to ensure urgent stroke treatment improves right around Australia. The following champions are improving the health of the nation – and contributing to improved stroke care internationally. Find out what drives them and how they plan to make a difference..
Work is underway to create world-first light, portable brain scanners so more Australians have rapid access to real-time stroke treatment. The radical approach will tackle the serious inequity of access to…
More Australians will receive urgent stroke treatment after the weekend’s announcement of a new stroke ambulance for Sydney. For the first time in New South Wales, a modified ambulance loaded with…
A Project aiming to deliver urgent stroke treatment more quickly and equitably to rural Australians will put lightweight brain scanners on ambulances, helicopters and aeroplanes within five years. – The…
Patients from rural Victoria could receive urgent stroke care in record time under a new bid to make this revolutionary and lifesaving treatment available Australia-wide. Read more from the Herald…
Melbourne’s Mobile Stroke Unit brings stroke diagnosis and treatment straight to the patient’s door. This rapid response limits brain damage and saves lives.
Micro-X, an Adelaide based company is working as part of the Australian Stroke Alliance to develop a lightweight mobile CT scanner ‘Ring Scanner’ to enable lifesaving diagnostic imagers to be…
RMIT engineers working with the Australian Stroke Alliance are seeking further funding to develop lightweight and mobile CT scanners to bring vital diagnostic tools to rural and remote communities.
People who have had a stroke need fast diagnosis and treatment to avoid irreversible brain damage. But getting to a hospital quickly is not possible in remote parts of Australia.
Amber Stewart was at home when she felt her right leg suddenly stop working.
After the late media magnate Kerry Packer had a heart attack playing polo, he contributed funds to ensure all ambulances in NSW had defibrillators – the technology that saved his life,…