EMS Training

The Great Lakes Regional Stroke Network is happy to encourage participation in EMS Training Programs for stroke. The American Heart Association's training can be found at: http://www.onlineaha.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=info.stroke and the National Stroke Association's Training can be found at: http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=EMS. You may also be interested in the University of Miami Advanced Stroke Life Support Training at: www.asls.net.

National Stroke Alert Day

The Great Lakes Regional Stroke Network would like to encourage your hospital or organization to become a part of National Stroke Alert Day, May 6, 2008. Stroke Alert is the combined efforts of healthcare providers, local organizations and volunteers to reduce the impact of stroke in their community by concentrating their efforts onto a single day in order to saturate the community with one simple message. Stroke Alert is a grassroots initiated by health care providers to work with local media and local organizations to reach out to the whole population of a community on one single day. The goal is to educate everyone with regard to the warning signs of stroke and the need to call 911 immediately. Go to: www.strokealert.org.

You are welcome to join ! There are no fees. Their graphics and educational materials are available in many languages for free. You can find them at: http://www.strokealert.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=20&Itemid=34

Use them as you wish, you can even put your own logo on them. Explore the site, come frequently because it is maturing and growing rapidly.

Save The Date

Data Exhange. Date: May 20, 2008, 1PM CST/2PM EST. Presentations include "Implementing a 'Stroke Alert' program by Lynn Michel from Advocate Lutheran and "Emergency Room Screening Strategies That Prevent Aspiration Pneumonia in Stroke" by Jeri Braunlin and Paula Lamb of Miami Valley Hospital. Special guests include Kathleen O'Neill and Michelle Gardner of the American Heart Association presenting information on Get With the Guidelines Stroke for the Great Lakes Region.

Click here for presentation #1Swallow Screen

Click here for presentation #2 Inpatient Stroke Response

Post Stroke Depression by Dr. Michael Schmitz. Date: June 26, 2008, 1PM CST/2PM EST

Download a Save the Date Flyer for all Quality of Care calls.

Watch this site for the power point presentations and additional information. To view previous Quality of Care Calls, please go to the "Archived Events" page.

Number of Joint Commission Primary Stroke Centers in the Great Lakes Region :