[Answer] A patient with a suspected stroke arrives at the emergency department at 7:10 p.m. The stroke team ensures that a neurologic assessment and brain computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging is obtained by which time?

Answer: In accordance with National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke guidelines the stroke team emergency physician or other expert must conduct a neurologic assessment and obtain computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging within 20 minutes after the patient’s arrival in the emergency department. That would be 7:30 p.m. for this patient.