I hate these backpatting displays. Once again they are congratulating themselves on processes not results. They imply this is better but never prove that it is. These people would be fired under my watch.
Big f*cking whoopee.
http://surfky.com/index.php/news/local/mccracken/54270-multiple-awards-recognize-baptist-health-paducah-stroke-program-for-turning-guidelines-into-lifelines
Mary Legge, RN, Baptist's stroke team leader, said the program's
success has been the difference between life and death, disability and
health, for many patients.
"We reached our goal of having 50 percent of all eligible patients
receive tPA within 60 minutes from arrival to administering the drug,"
Legge said. "We turn guidelines into lifelines. We take these
evidence-based standards very seriously because it results in the best
possible outcome for the patient. We save lives and reduce devastating
disabilities."
Stroke is one of the nation's leading causes of death and serious,
long-term disability. On average, someone suffers a stroke every 40
seconds and someone dies of a stroke every four minutes.
Baptist Health Paducah received The Get With the Guidelines, Stroke
Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for the second year for meeting
national guidelines for stroke care, as outlined by the American Heart
Association/American Stroke Association.
In addition, the hospital received the associations' Target: Stroke
Honor Roll for meeting stroke quality measures that reduce the time
between hospital arrival and treatment with the clot-buster tPA, (So what? tPA has only a 12% efficacy)the
only drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat
ischemic stroke. People who suffer a stroke may recover quicker and are
less likely to suffer severe disability if they receive the drug within
three hours of experiencing symptoms.
"These awards say we strive for the best possible care for our
patients," said neurologist Joseph Ashburn, MD, stroke services
director. "While meeting the minimum requirements for a stroke center is
considered acceptable, we at Baptist Health believe the people of our
region deserve nothing less than the very best medicine has to offer. We
are always moving forward to take it to the next level."
Baptist Health Paducah became the region's first certified primary
stroke center in 2009. Since then, the average time for tPA treatment
has gone from 90 minutes to 54, a significant difference, considering
that two million brain cells die each minute the drug is delayed, he
said.
Emergency department physician Tariq Sayyad, MD, said staff receives
extensive training on how to recognize stroke symptoms, so treatment can
begin as soon as possible. "Each patient that enters our doors is
offered the same state-of-the art care," he said. "The care our patients
receive is our No. 1 priority."
William A. Brown, Baptist Health Paducah president, commended the
team for making such a positive difference in the quality of life for
many patients. "Baptist Health Paducah is dedicated to providing quality
care based on internationally-respected clinical guidelines," Brown
said, "and these achievements recognize our ability to provide the
appropriate care as soon as possible to minimize any lasting impact for
our patients."
In achieving Joint Commission advanced certification, Baptist has
demonstrated its commitment to the highest level of care for its stroke
patients, said Michele Sacco, interim executive director, Joint
Commission Certification Programs. "Certification is a voluntary
process, and The Joint Commission commends Baptist Health Paducah for
successfully undertaking this challenge to elevate its standard of care
and instill confidence in the community it serves."
Use the labels in the right column to find what you want. Or you can go thru them one by one, there are only 29,160 posts. Searching is done in the search box in upper left corner. I blog on anything to do with stroke. DO NOT DO ANYTHING SUGGESTED HERE AS I AM NOT MEDICALLY TRAINED, YOUR DOCTOR IS, LISTEN TO THEM. BUT I BET THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET YOU 100% RECOVERED. I DON'T EITHER BUT HAVE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS FOR YOUR DOCTOR TO ANSWER.
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.
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