Deans' stroke musings: West Jefferson Medical Center recognized for 'gold quality' stroke care

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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.

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

West Jefferson Medical Center recognized for 'gold quality' stroke care

Having to present 'Stroke Warrior' awards means this hospital is a complete fucking failure to stroke patients. No way to sugarcoat that and the Get With the Guidelines award is worthless. Ask for RESULTS, and then call for the resignation of the president and the board of directors. They are all completely incompetent. Care mentioned 6 times but never results.
http://blog.nola.com/westbank/2017/08/west_jefferson_medical_center_24.html

Gallery: WJMC's 'gold quality' stroke care

By Rosalie Simmons, Marrero Musings columnist

The staff at West Jefferson Medical Center's Stroke Center recently received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's "Get With the Guidelines Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award- Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus.
Misty Rains, of American Heart Association presented the award to the staff that has consistently met the guidelines and received this award for a number of year. Patients have come to rely upon their dedicated care.
WJMC spokeswoman Taslin Alfonzo announced this year's achievement/award to the public in July. Posters of recognition are displayed in prominent locations of the medical center to assure the public of the continued quality care that is available at their community hospital. This provision of quality care begins immediately upon arrival of the West Jefferson Medical Emergency transport team or the patient's arrival at West Jefferson Medical Center.
Alyana A. Samai, WJMC Stroke Program Coordinator, and staff facilitated the ceremony honoring the stroke team for their work in meeting national stroke guidelines.
The WJMC staff includes Monica Balogna, chief nursing officer; Dr. Michael Puente, neurologist and stroke medical director; Nancy Cassagne, chief executive officer; Dr. Robert Chugden, chief medical officer; Dr. Michael D'Antonio, chief radiologist; and Dr. Andrew Mayer, emergency department director.
The WJMC stroke team honorees included: Registered Nurses Terri Heirsch, Ina Dragicevic, stroke program navigator, Marie Slowey, Tyler Koelling, and Kim Scott. Each team member received "Stroke Warrior" plaques for their commitment to providing "Excellent Stroke Care" to the people served.
Heirsch, the stroke unit charge nurse, was awarded the Stroke Warrior Award for handling the highest volumne of stroke activations in a single weekend for quarters 1 and 2 of 2017.
Kip Schellhaas, received a Stroke Warrior Award as a surviving stroke patient who quickly won his battle against stroke.
"He is the first recipient of the award due to his courage and strength in his amazing recovery from stroke that left him unable to speak and paralyzed on the right side of his body. After only five months he is back at work and functioning well," Alonzo said.
Knowing the signs of the onset of a stroke could mean life or death to the patient.