Deans' stroke musings: ‘Together to End Stroke’ Initiative takes off in Fort Worth

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.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

‘Together to End Stroke’ Initiative takes off in Fort Worth

Lying up the wazoo here, Stroke is not beatable or treatable. The awareness you need to raise is that everything in stroke is a failure.

1. Only 10% of patients get to full recovery.
2. tPA only fully works to reverse the stroke 12% of the time. Known since 1996.
3. No protocols to prevent your 33% dementia chance post-stroke from an Australian study.
4. Nothing to alleviate your fatigue.
5. Nothing that will cure your spasticity.
6. Nothing on cognitive training unless you find this yourself.
7. No published stroke rehab protocols.
8. No way to compare your stroke hospital results vs. other stroke hospitals.

‘Together to End Stroke’ Initiative takes off in Fort Worth

Special to The Community News
Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Worth today announced its sponsorship of the American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association’s (ASA) “Together to End Stroke” initiative to raise awareness that stroke is beatable(NO it is not) through high-quality rehabilitation, patient support and implementation of the AHA/ASA’s recent Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Guidelines.(Useless because they are not protocols)
This initiative will allow Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Worth and the AHA/ASA to better inform the community of the best options for treatment outlined in the associations’ expert rehabilitation guidelines. With a stroke occurring every 40 seconds in the United States, it is vital that local patients, families, caregivers, and clinicians are aware that overcoming a stroke through high-quality rehabilitation is possible when patients get the right care in the right setting at the right time. Educational materials along with newsletters and social media efforts will help build that awareness.
“We are excited to team with the national experts(?? Really) in stroke education and treatment to best serve residents of the Dallas-Fort Worth area in recognizing the signs of a stroke, seeking immediate treatment, and continuing recovery in the appropriate rehabilitation setting,” said Jake Daggett, CEO of Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Worth. “Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability in this country, and this initiative is a major step in curtailing its impact.”
“The American Stroke Association is pleased to be collaborating with Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Worth to accelerate adoption of our stroke rehabilitation guidelines,” said Mitchell S. V. Elkind, MD, MS, FAAN, FAHA, Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology at Columbia University and the chairman of the American Stroke Association. “It is critical that stroke patients receive the type and quality of rehab that will maximize their recovery and quality of life.”
Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Worth is a 66-bed, state-of-the-art inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) dedicated to the treatment and recovery of individuals who have experienced the debilitating effects of a severe injury or illness but are physically able to begin more intense rehabilitation. This type of setting has been deemed most appropriate for stroke patients who can tolerate up to three hours of rehab daily in the AHA/ASA guidelines released in 2016.
To learn more about Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Worth, visit its website at www.texasrehabhospital.com or contact Jake Daggett at 817-820-3400. To discover more about the ‘Together to End Stroke’ initiative, visit www.strokeassociation.org/recovery.