The stroke prevention clinic provides rapid access to outpatient preventive treatment following discharge from an acute care site due to recent transient ischemic attack (TIA).
Address Notes
Located on Level 3G in the Neurology Clinic.
Parking and Transportation
Accessible parking is available in the parkade on levels G, P1, P2, and P3 only.
Payment methods to purchase parking:
- Pay Station
- hangTag app (through apple app store or google play store)
- hangTag Park + Pay (no app required, see link below)
| Parking rate | Main lot (1530) |
| hangTag Park + Pay |
641530 |
| First hour | $4.25 |
| Each additional hour | $3.50 |
| Day rate (6 hours) | $18.75 |
| Evening (5 p.m. - 6 a.m.) | $5.50 |
| Weekend (6 a.m. - 6 a.m.) | $5.50 |
*If you have difficulty paying for parking, financial hardship permits may be available on a case-by-case basis. Please talk to your unit social worker for more information or contact Parking Administration at 604-930-5440 (Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) or email LMCParking@fraserhealth.ca.
Hours of operation
Referral
Individuals are generally referred to the clinic by an emergency physician through a central intake line. Patient will be contacted by clinic following physician referral.
What to bring
Please arrive 10 minutes early to fil out questionnaire. Please bring medication list and most recent blood pressure readings
Resources
TIA Stroke Prevention Clinic referral form available in the emergency department.
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What is a pharmacist led stroke prevention clinic?
You are being referred here either because the cause of your stroke has not been clearly determined and we are awaiting tests to review or you are being referred to help reduce your risk of more strokes by addressing any of your underlying risk factors. Common risk factors for stroke are high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, diet ,and lack of physical activity and smoking. Patients are discharged back to their family doctor’s care when we get you to the guideline recommended goals to prevent another stroke.
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I have a general practitioner (GP), why do I need it?
We do not replace your family doctor. We notify your family doctor of all changes made to your medications via written documentation. Optimizing your vascular risk factors will help reduce your chance of having another stroke.
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How long will it take?
The first appointment is one hour. Please ensure you are on time to allow us sufficient time to provide best patient care.
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What do I need to bring?
Please bring all your medications to the appointment. If you have a blood pressure machine at home, please monitor your blood pressure for 7-10 days prior to the appointment and bring down written readings to the appointment with you. If you have diabetes, and you are measuring your glucose readings, please write down 7-10 days of glucose readings prior to the appointment. Vary the time of day you measure, sometimes before a meal, and sometimes 2 hours after a meal.
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How do I measure my blood pressure (BP)?
Did you know that only 10% of blood pressure machines sold are validated machines? The first step to getting a good blood pressure reading is ensuring you have an approved device and an appropriately sized cuff. Please visit here to ensure you are using an approved device. Please visit here for a review of the optimal technique.
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Resources
Stroke prevention
- Are you at risk for heart disease or stroke?
- Healthy Eating
- Secondary Prevention
- Stay active
- Your Stroke Journey
Hypertension
- High blood pressure
- Home Blood Pressure Log
- How do I monitor my blood pressure?
- Managing your blood pressure
Cholesterol
- Get the lowdown on high cholesterol
- How to Improve Your Blood Cholesterol Levels - Sehat Program
- How to manage your cholesterol
- The Portfolio Diet
Diabetes and stroke
Atrial fibrilaltion
Lifestyle information
- Exercise Guidelines:
- 18-64 years old
- 65 years and older
- Fitness and Mobility Exercises
Recovery and support
- Aphasia
- Coping with Emotional Changes after a Stroke
- Driving after a Stroke
- Patient and Caregiver Resources
- Physical Changes after a stroke
- Recovery and support
- Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Stroke Recovery Association of BC
- Stroke Recovery BC in person and virtual programs
- Understanding Stroke
- Your nutrition expert in heart-health eating