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Educational Opportunities in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Educational Opportunities in Acute Ischemic Stroke. Brad Bunney, MD, FACEP Associate Professor Department of Emergency Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine Chicago, Illinois. Objective. What educational opportunities exist for EM physicians?

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Educational Opportunities in Acute Ischemic Stroke

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  1. Educational Opportunities in Acute Ischemic Stroke Brad Bunney, MD, FACEP Associate Professor Department of Emergency Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine Chicago, Illinois

  2. Objective • What educational opportunities exist for EM physicians? • Do EM physicians participate in stroke educational initiatives?

  3. ASA website

  4. American Stroke Association • Acute Stroke Treatment Program • Operation Stroke • Get with the Guidelines-Stroke • Stroke Center Certification • www.strokeassociation.org

  5. NSA website

  6. National Stroke Association • Public Health Stoke Summit • CDC sponsored • Increase public awareness • Develop state programs to decrease • Incidence • Morbidity • Death rate • National Tutorial on Stroke

  7. AAN website

  8. American Association of Neurology • Guidelines • 1996 Thrombolysis in Stroke • 2002 Anticoagulation/antiplatelet in ischemic stroke • Guidelines in Process • Cerebral venous thrombosis • Laboratory assessment of stroke • MR perfusion and diffusion • TTE, TEE and carotid U/S in stroke • www.aan.com

  9. ACEP website

  10. SAEM website

  11. AAEM website

  12. Emergency Physicians Organizations • Policy statements on use of intravenous tPA for the management of acute stroke in the emergency department • Concerns for the development of primary stroke centers • www.acep.org, www.saem.org, www.aaem.org

  13. Stroke-site.org

  14. Brain Attack Coalition • Stroke scales • Guidelines • Pathways • North Carolina • Stanford • Thomas Jefferson • www.stroke-site.org

  15. FERNE website

  16. FERNE • Seminars • Topic specific • ACEP, SAEM, International • Forums • SAEM 2004 • Advisory Boards • Website • www.ferne.org

  17. ACT for Stroke  • Overcome key barriers in coordinating stroke treatment • Multi-disciplinary stroke teams in both Stroke Centers and Intermediate Stroke Care hospitals • Encourage timely diagnosis and coordinated triage to rapidly treat acute stroke • www.ACTforStroke.com

  18. Future Directions   • Continued collaboration (BAC) will improve emergency medicine participation. • National organizations need to recruit the participation of emergency medicine physicians. • National EM organizations should continue to review and update their policy statements in regards to stroke treatment • The Clinical Policies Committee should provide an evidence based review of stroke management.

  19. Questions?

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