These are NOT result awards so they don't tell you anything about how good the program is. Call that hospital president(
President & CEO)
main telephone number: (308) 865-7100
and demand to know what the RESULTS are; 30 day deaths, 100% recovery, tPA efficacy?There is absolutely nothing in here that tells me that the RESULTS are better in this hospital than other hospitals. I don't give a crap about how well you do processes.
Big fucking whoopee.
Guidelines here: You can see how this is nothing to be impressed about. This is all indirect action, not results.
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthcareResearch/GetWithTheGuidelinesHFStrokeResus/GetWithTheGuidelinesStrokeHomePage/Get-With-The-Guidelines-Stroke-Overview_UCM_308021_Article.jsp
The puffery article here:
http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/chi-health-earns-award-for-expertise-in-stroke-management/article_60e0d49e-2494-11e6-be44-6f62e385e919.html
CHI Health Good Samaritan has been honored for the way it treats strokes.
The hospital received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award with Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite Plus.
The award recognizes the
hospital’s adherence to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines
to support better outcomes for stroke patients — faster recovery and
reduced disability and mortality. Good Sam is the first hospital in
Nebraska to earn this elite level of recognition. It has been a primary
stroke center since 2011 and treats more than 200 stroke patients
yearly.
“A stroke patient loses 1.9
million neurons each minute treatment is delayed,” said Pamela Palmer, a
registered nurse with a bachelor’s degree in nursing. She is the
intensive care and neuro-trauma educator, stroke coordinator. “At Good
Samaritan Hospital, we are continually advancing, finding better ways to
treat strokes faster and more safely. This award just reinforces our
team’s drive to provide the most up-to-date care to our friends and
neighbors.”
Good Samaritan has also met
specific scientific guidelines as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center,
featuring a comprehensive system for rapid diagnosis and treatment of
stroke patients admitted to the emergency department.
A stoke is also known as a “brain
attack,” and affects the brain in much the same way a heart attack
affects the heart. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel to the brain is
either blocked by a clot or bursts. As a result, part of the brain does
not get the blood it needs and begins to die. The longer the blood flow
is cut off to the brain, the greater the damage.
Recognizing symptoms and acting fast to get medical attention can save a life and limit disabilities.
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