Table 1.

Target clinical behaviours

Clinical behaviour	Description
Triage	All patients presenting with signs and symptoms of suspected acute stroke should be triaged as Australian Triage Scale Category or 2 (seen within 10 mins)
Thrombolysis	All patients to be assessed for tPA eligibility All eligible patients to receive tPA
Management of temperature	All patients to have their temperature taken on arrival to Emergency Department (ED) and then at least four hourly whilst they remain in ED Temperature 37.5 °C or greater to be treated with paracetamol (acetaminophen) within one hour
Management of blood glucose levels	Venous blood glucose level (BGL) sample sent to laboratory on admission to ED Finger prick BGL recorded on admission and finger prick BGL monitored every 6 h (or greater if elevated) Insulin administered to all patients with BGL > 10 mMol/L within one hour
Swallow assessment	Patients to remain nil by mouth until a swallow screen by non- Speech Pathologist (SP) or swallow assessment by SP performed All patients who fail the screen to have a swallowing assessment by a SP
Transfer	All patients with stroke to be discharged from ED within 4 h All patients with stroke to be admitted to the hospital’s stroke unit