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Barry Hickerson, EMT-P: Sep 25, 2019
When I was fresh out of Paramedic school, STEMI and stroke patients were something we couldn’t do much about except monitor and transport. To be honest, we hadn’t even started using the term "STEMI,"...
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Team Pulsara: Sep 18, 2019
EDITOR'S NOTE: Special thanks to Alyana Samai for writing today's blog post. Alyana is the Director of Stroke Services at West Jefferson Medical Center in Marrero, Louisiana. Aly has been a champion...
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Team Pulsara: Sep 17, 2019
BACKGROUND Virginia Mason Medical Center is a nonprofit health care system based in King County, Seattle, serving the central Puget Sound region and Yakima area. PROBLEM Focused on continually...
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MCHD: Aug 14, 2019
The Montgomery County Hospital District EMS experience paired a novel stroke assessment endovascular pathway with specialized training. Starting in late 2015, MCHD began a regional quality...
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Team Pulsara: Aug 05, 2019
Improving quality of care and outcomes for stroke patients goes beyond the decision to give tPA. It's about communication and coordination among ALL members of the care team to save time when even...
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Hannah Ostrem: Jun 28, 2019
Earlier this month, The Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery published a research review which examined the impacts of various technologies on the optimization of care delivery for Emergent Large...
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Brittney Nelson, BSN, RN, SCRN: Feb 25, 2019
Target: Stroke, launched in 2010 by the American Heart Association, was a quality improvement initiative aimed at helping stroke centers reduce their door-to-needle treatment times. At the 2019...
