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Mic Gunderson: Feb 20, 2018
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following blog post was written by guest author Mic Gunderson, President of the Center for Systems Improvement. Mic has been involved in emergency healthcare for over 40 years in...
Hannah Ostrem: Jan 05, 2018
What does your hospital do to support stroke survivors during their recoveries?
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Shane Elmore, RN: Dec 20, 2017
I recently read an article about how a young boy helped save his mother's life by getting an ambulance on its way, and it made me pause and think. The piece reminded that sometimes it’s the simple...
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Hannah Ostrem: Dec 13, 2017
When someone suffers a stroke or heart attack, getting the patient to definitive treatment quickly is crucial to their survival and quality of life post-event. But, getting treatment quickly requires...
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Hannah Ostrem: Dec 07, 2017
To determine if Pulsara can improve management timelines for patients suspected of having a stroke or cardiac event, researchers in Australia have conducted a pilot study with a 6 month pre-post...
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Shane Elmore, RN: Nov 15, 2017
What if instead of recording treatment delays in minutes, your stroke coordinator recorded them in number of brain cells lost? Would your team still say "Oh well, it's only five minutes, that's not...
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Shane Elmore, RN: Oct 11, 2017
As nurses, we have an interesting challenge: We need to make sure we are doing our jobs as quickly and efficiently as possible while still making sure to carefully pay attention to and make note of...
