PLAT and ischemic stroke: Pinpointing these critical learning points is essential in ischemic stroke because every 30-minute increase in computed tomography-to-reperfusion time has been shown to reduce the probability of achieving a functionally independent outcome by 8.3%.20 Indeed, for acute ischemic stroke, simulated practice has already been shown to have a measurable effect at the bedside: resulting in a swifter door to needle time in tPA administration.3,4