If this truly meant anything they would be touting 30-day death rates and recovery percentages rather than the nebulous procedures to meet the Joint Commission guidelines.
Serious questions for them to answer:
1. What are you doing to stop the neuronal cascade of death in the first week? Use this as a starting point;
What I am going to insist I get after my next stroke
2. What are your stroke recovery protocols like/based upon?
3. How many of your patients get to 100% recovery?
4. How many die in the first 30 days? Compared to the US average?
5. Is hypothermia being used in the ambulance? Why not?
14 possibilities here;
http://www.longislandexchange.com/press/2013/03/25/joint-commission-awards-advanced-certification-to-south-nassaus-stroke-center/
When I had my stroke way back in 1972, the doctor had me on oxygen 24/7 for 2 weeks. t is thought that maybe if I had been on oxygen longer, I would have gotten more back.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I had heard, oxygen isn't being used as part of the treatment anymore.