Our whole hospital is involved in your care, from emergency treatment to education through recovery and rehabilitation.
"There isn’t one department in this hospital that has not been touched or affected by receiving this designation.
We built this program from scratch and as a result, we have changed the culture of our hospital and the way we provide care to patients."
– Angelina Roche, RN, BPS, CPHQ, Stroke Center Clinical Coordinator
We are ready before you arrive.
- Your primary nurse is assigned to you for one on one care as part of our nationally recognized Relationship Based Care initiative
- Emergency Department physician is notified of your condition and pending arrival
- Lab technician is ready to draw blood
- CT scanner and EKG technicians are notified and ready for your arrival
- Pharmacy is ready to consult for t-PA dosage, a critical tool for stroke treatment
We've received extensive training to become a designated Primary Stroke Center.
All involved clinical professionals received extensive training to prepare for Designated Stroke Center status.
"This designation brings us a giant step closer to improving our community’s ability to protect against stroke and bring timely, exceptional treatment."
– Scott Brehaut, MD, Stroke Center Medical Director
We monitor patient outcomes to continually improve our program.
As the Mohawk Valley’s only designated Stroke Center, we will now see all suspected stroke patients that would have been transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital and Rome Memorial Hospital. Learn about why this is so important.
An estimated 650 suspected stroke patients will be treated at our Stroke Center in 2009.
