Stroke Committee

The Golden Crescent Regional Stroke Committee reviews regional, statewide and national Stroke standards and treatment protocols and makes recommendations for Stroke Care based upon those standards.  The committee also assists with the development of Stroke education offerings, prevention programs and performance improvement projects.  Please Contact Katrin McDonough (kmcdonough@cmcvtx.org) if you would need additional information and/or would like to participate on the GCRAC Stroke Committee.

GCRAC Stroke System Documents:

Golden Crescent Regional Stroke PI Summary Report:  golden-crescent-regional-stroke-pi-summary-report

Pre-Hospital Stroke Transport Guidelines:  prehospital-transport-guidelines-stroke1

Stroke Alert Pre-Hospital check list:  stroke-alert-prehospital-check-list

Stroke PI Indicators:  stroke_pi_indicators_12-09

TSA S Stroke Plan:  tsa-s-stroke-plandraft

Universal Stroke Order Set:  universal-order-set1

Stroke Resources:

2013 AHA Guidelines for Acute Ischemic Stroke: http://stroke.ahajournals.org/lookup/doi/10.1161/STR.0b013e318284056a

American Heart Association: www.americanheart.org

Mission Lifeline: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3050213

American Stroke Associationwww.strokeassociation.org

National Stroke Associationwww.stroke.org

Stroke Scale (NIH Stroke Scale): http://www.strokecenter.org/trials/scales/nihss.html

Stroke Scale (Cincinnati Stroke Scale): http://www.strokecenter.org/trials/scales/cincinnati.html

Stroke Guidelines and Documents:

Management of Ischemic Stroke: guideline-early-management-of-ais

Management of Intracerebral Hemorrhage: guideline-for-ich

Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: guideline-for-sah

Prevention of Acute Ischemic Stroke: guideline-for-prevention-of-ais-in-patients-with-stroke-or-tia

Stroke Education:

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke:  http://www.strokecenter.org/