Hope you’re ready for an important one! In this next instalment in the stroke & cerebrovascular diseases series we discuss how to effectively run a stroke call/code stroke, focussing on establishing the time last seen well (or midpoint of sleep), the baseline function (modified Rankin scale; mRS), stroke deficits (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; NIHSS), relevant comorbidities, & anticoagulants & antiplatelets. This then allows us to quickly and effectively make a diagnosis and a management decision in regard to whether the patient is eligible for thrombolysis &/or mechanical thrombectomy (endovascular clot retrieval; ECR). As always, the episode is presented in an accessible, story-based way with anecdotal experiences being used to supplement a discussion of the literature/evidence-base, in order to make the content memorable and practical, so that you ace your next stroke call/code stroke & save your patient a few hundred million neurons in the process! This episode is appropriate for all audience members from medical students through to neurologists.#medicaleducation #meded #doctor #stroke #rneurologyeducation