Deans' stroke musings: Ask Legislators to Co-sponsor FAST Act

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Ask Legislators to Co-sponsor FAST Act - National Stroke Association

Once again the NSA is going for the little steps rather than the big one. Creating a National Stroke Plan similar to the National Alzheimers Plan. Then all we have to do is follow the plan and solve the problems in the plan. None of this year by year lobbying. My God, have we got people with not even two neurons to rub together and create a spark of intelligence. Proving once again that we don't have a great stroke association
http://support.stroke.org/site/R?i=yqIFbl9m6nCNNzfkDzNYmQ

Dear dean,

Take action now on repealing the Medicare therapy caps

Stroke issues continue to be at the top of the agenda in Washington, DC, and your voice is needed more than ever!

In May, Senator Kirk (IL), a stroke survivor himself, introduced the Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine (FAST) Act in the U.S. Senate. This bill requires Medicare to cover telestroke services regardless of location, ultimately making it easier for patients to connect with specialists. Congressman Griffith (VA-09) introduced similar legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives with Congresswoman Beatty (OH-03), another stroke survivor.

Telestroke technology can connect patients having a stroke with stroke specialists around the country who can provide quicker, more accurate diagnoses. Speed is critical when assessing and treating a stroke—the faster a patient receives treatment, the better the chance of survival and minimizing long-term disability. Unfortunately, access to these telestroke services are limited, as Medicare covers telestroke services only if they are provided in a rural hospital. With this legislation, we can change this for the better.

Together, we can make a difference. Add your voice to ours and take action today!

Sincerely,