Not everyone who has an ischaemic stroke is suitable for thrombolysis. At present, around 12% of people who are admitted to the hospital with a stroke are eligible to receive it. If you are not suitable, it may be because:
You do not know or cannot tell doctors when your symptoms began.
You do not reach the hospital in time.
You have had another stroke or head injury within the past three months.
this information is from Stroke.org and raises a red flag for me also. we are told his wife ‘heard him fall’ so we can assume he’s within the 4-6hr window for thrombolysis. We are not told if he had a head injury. Would that have shown up on CT or has that just not been considered, it isn’t wholly clear
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https://www.stroke.org.uk/what-is-stroke/diagnosis-to-discharge/treatment
