STROKE
MANAGEMENT
PROCESS
Presented by:
Kelly Banasky, RN, BSN
GCH Emergency Services
Educator
,Why are we doing this?
• Garden City Hospital is seeking certification as
a designated Stroke Center to better serve our
community and patients
• To accomplish this, education is necessary to
care for stroke patients
• Garden City Hospital Emergency and
Cardiology Departments have been successful
with management of AMI’s
• Garden City Hospital would like to have a
similar process for AIS (Acute Ischemic
Stroke)
, U.S. Stats
• Every 40 seconds, someone will experience a
stroke.
• 795,000 thousand people suffer a stroke
annually within the US
• The annual stroke related medical and
disability cost is 73.7 billion dollars.
• Every 4 minutes someone dies from a stroke.
• By the end of this entire 2 ½ hour presentation:
• 225 people will have experienced a stroke
• At least 37 individuals will have died from
a stroke
MANAGEMENT
PROCESS
Presented by:
Kelly Banasky, RN, BSN
GCH Emergency Services
Educator
,Why are we doing this?
• Garden City Hospital is seeking certification as
a designated Stroke Center to better serve our
community and patients
• To accomplish this, education is necessary to
care for stroke patients
• Garden City Hospital Emergency and
Cardiology Departments have been successful
with management of AMI’s
• Garden City Hospital would like to have a
similar process for AIS (Acute Ischemic
Stroke)
, U.S. Stats
• Every 40 seconds, someone will experience a
stroke.
• 795,000 thousand people suffer a stroke
annually within the US
• The annual stroke related medical and
disability cost is 73.7 billion dollars.
• Every 4 minutes someone dies from a stroke.
• By the end of this entire 2 ½ hour presentation:
• 225 people will have experienced a stroke
• At least 37 individuals will have died from
a stroke
