Subarachnoid haemorrhage
A guide for patients and carers
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Health professionals
Neurosurgeon: a specialist doctor who performs brain and spine operations.
Neurologist: a doctor who does not perform operations but specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of people with neurological
conditions.
Interventional radiologist: a specialist doctor who performs procedures like the coiling of brain aneurysms.
Radiologist: a specialist doctor who performs, reports and reads scans such as angiograms, CT scans, MRI scans, and X-rays.
Nurse specialists: a nurse who specialises in a particular condition, for example, subarachnoid haemorrhage.
Neuropsychologist: a psychologist specialising in the functions of the brain, particularly memory, concentration and problem solving.
Neurophysiotherapist: a chartered physiotherapist who specialises in treating people with neurological conditions. A neurophysiotherapist will assess, plan and treat people with physical problems.
Speech and language therapist: a specialist health professional who assesses, plans and treats people with communication and swallowing problems.
Occupational therapist: a specialist health professional who offers practical support and advice on everyday skills and activities, for example, using equipment at home.
Counsellor: a person trained to give guidance on personal or psychological problems.
Neurologist: a doctor who does not perform operations but specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of people with neurological
conditions.
Interventional radiologist: a specialist doctor who performs procedures like the coiling of brain aneurysms.
Radiologist: a specialist doctor who performs, reports and reads scans such as angiograms, CT scans, MRI scans, and X-rays.
Nurse specialists: a nurse who specialises in a particular condition, for example, subarachnoid haemorrhage.
Neuropsychologist: a psychologist specialising in the functions of the brain, particularly memory, concentration and problem solving.
Neurophysiotherapist: a chartered physiotherapist who specialises in treating people with neurological conditions. A neurophysiotherapist will assess, plan and treat people with physical problems.
Speech and language therapist: a specialist health professional who assesses, plans and treats people with communication and swallowing problems.
Occupational therapist: a specialist health professional who offers practical support and advice on everyday skills and activities, for example, using equipment at home.
Counsellor: a person trained to give guidance on personal or psychological problems.
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