Primary Stroke Center Education

Click here to view the Primary Stroke Center Education presentation. The goals of this presentation are to:

• Achieve 100% compliance on the 8 stroke-specific core measures
• Review “door-to” times with interdisciplinary team; show continuous improvement
• Standardize in-house stroke alert process
• Standardize staff education and competencies
• Work to reduce stroke-related readmissions
• Offer support and resources to stroke survivors and families
• Achieve a Door to Needle time within 60 minutes in atleast 75% of ischemic stroke patients treated with IV tPA

If you have any questions, please contact Nick Foster, RN, BSN; Stroke Coordinator at (319) 440-0312.