Thursday, July 18, 2013

Is there a standard of care for stroke?

Or do we need lawsuits showing that our doctors are not keeping up with current research even if it has not been put into the Joint Commission standards?
If there are any the 10% full recovery shows they have failed spectactularily.

What Does the Medical Profession Mean By “Standard of Care?”

There is no medical definition for standard of care, although the term is firmly established in law and is defined as “the caution that a reasonable person in similar circumstances would exercise in providing care to a patient.”

 

10 Medical Errors That Changed the Standard of Care

 

What will it take to get stroke care up to date?

A dead president or ex-president? Or a relative of a billionaire or the billionaire?

I shouldn't be the one pointing out all the obvious solutions to the neuronal cascade of death.

 

2 comments:

  1. Hi Dean, there are two issues here, right? Standards of care should exist for both the acute phase, and for the chronic phase - obviously one focussed on preventing the cascade of death, and one on rehab.

    Keep on creating waves!

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    1. More than that.
      Diagnosis - objective
      Ambulance treatment - hypothermia, etc.
      acute care - first week
      chronic

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