Oh god, what small-minded crapola. YOU need to tell then that access is not the first priority. Getting survivors to 100% recovery is first. Access to tPA which fails at full recovery 88% of the time is not the first goal to be tackled. This stupidity is what happens when survivors are not in charge. Leaders tackle the difficult goals, these people have completely proved they are not leaders and need to removed from any position of authority.
Clinicians and leading experts come together to address regional stroke divide
Australian clinicians and researchers are coming together with
leading experts from across the globe to drive innovation and access to
break-through blood clot dissolving and clot removal treatment.
Around 450 leading experts in stroke have come together at the National Convention Center in Canberra at Stroke 2019, the Stroke Society of Australasia‘s (SSA) 29th Annual Scientific Meeting.
SSA President Professor Helen Dewey said stroke was treatable, however regional and rural Australians were being denied access to time-critical stroke treatments.
Innovations are extending treatment windows for stroke. Clot-dissolving treatment has now been shown to be beneficial up to nine hours from stroke symptom onset (up from 4.5 hours) and clot removal treatment has been shown to be beneficial up to 24 hours after stroke onset (up from six hours) in some patients.
Professor Dewey said we must ensure all Australians have access to these treatments. Clot-dissolving and clot removal treatment or reperfusion treatments, require specialist diagnosis and care,’’ she said.
“Our city hospitals are best equipped to deliver and support this, however advances in technology and extended treatment windows mean geography is no longer an excuse for denying regional and rural Australians the treatments they need.”
Stroke 2019 has brought together specialists in imaging, telehealth and reperfusion treatments to investigate and share innovative solutions to improve stroke treatment now and into the future.
Solutions to be discussed include the use of telehealth to increase access to emergency stroke treatment and rehabilitation, next steps for Australia’s first Mobile Stroke Unit or Stroke Ambulance, and future emergency response innovations including adapting the Mobile Stroke Unit model for a plane or helicopter.
Around 450 leading experts in stroke have come together at the National Convention Center in Canberra at Stroke 2019, the Stroke Society of Australasia‘s (SSA) 29th Annual Scientific Meeting.
SSA President Professor Helen Dewey said stroke was treatable, however regional and rural Australians were being denied access to time-critical stroke treatments.
As clinicians and researchers, we are standing together to say survival from stroke should no longer be determined by where you live."Currently, regional and rural Australians are 19 percent more likely to experience a stroke than their city counterparts. Regional and rural Australians are also more likely to die or be left with significant disability as a result of stroke due to limited access to specialist treatment and care.
Professor Dewey, SSA President
Innovations are extending treatment windows for stroke. Clot-dissolving treatment has now been shown to be beneficial up to nine hours from stroke symptom onset (up from 4.5 hours) and clot removal treatment has been shown to be beneficial up to 24 hours after stroke onset (up from six hours) in some patients.
Professor Dewey said we must ensure all Australians have access to these treatments. Clot-dissolving and clot removal treatment or reperfusion treatments, require specialist diagnosis and care,’’ she said.
“Our city hospitals are best equipped to deliver and support this, however advances in technology and extended treatment windows mean geography is no longer an excuse for denying regional and rural Australians the treatments they need.”
Stroke 2019 has brought together specialists in imaging, telehealth and reperfusion treatments to investigate and share innovative solutions to improve stroke treatment now and into the future.
Solutions to be discussed include the use of telehealth to increase access to emergency stroke treatment and rehabilitation, next steps for Australia’s first Mobile Stroke Unit or Stroke Ambulance, and future emergency response innovations including adapting the Mobile Stroke Unit model for a plane or helicopter.
We are working together to foster big picture solutions, as well as smaller changes we can make now at a local level to expedite access to time critical treatments. This includes improving systems and protocols at local hospitals, implementing prenotification tools that enable paramedics to communicate with hospitals, and using telehealth to boost capacity at our smaller hospitals while reducing unnecessary hospital transfers. When a stroke strikes it attacks 1.9 million brain cells a minute. With treatment this damage can be stopped, but every minute, every second saved equals brain saved."
Professor Dewe
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