The Stroke Program at Abbott Northwestern Hospital includes these services and features:

• 12-bed neuroscience critical care unit
• 46-bed neuroscience unit
• advanced diagnostic capabilities (e.g., MRI/MRA, CTA, TEE)
• intracranial and extracranial stenting
• on-site continuing education
• order-set and protocol development resources
• Sheraton Hotel with reduced rates for family members connected to the hospital by skyway
• Sister Kenny Rehabilitation® Institute services throughout the hospital stay
• support services for patients and families including a dedicated clinical psychologist

To arrange a transfer to Abbott Northwestern Hospital, call the One Call Transfer Center at 612-863-1000 for:

• ED-facilitated direct admissions
• ED physician triage and consultation
• ED-to-ED transfers
• interventional neuroradiology coverage

Interventional neuroradiology procedures at Abbott Northwestern Hospital

• neurosurgery coverage
• stroke neurology coverage (available for telephone consultation via ED to ED)

Services and features of the Stroke Center at United Hospital include:

• advanced technology for the diagnosis, treatment and management of neurological disorders:
• neurointerventional biplane
• intraoperative MRI
• 3T MRI
• CT scanners
• navigation systems (Stealth System units, C-arm CT with SIREMOBILE Iso-C3D, neurophysiological monitoring, neurodiagnostic laboratory)
• magnetic source imaging and magnetoencephalography
• intracranial and extracranial stenting
• on-site continuing education
• order-set and protocol development resources
• lodgings for famlies on campus at Lipschultz Guest Apartments
• Sister Kenny Rehabilitation® Institute services throughout the hospital stay
• support services for patients and families including a dedicated clinical psychologist

To arrange a transfer to United Hospital, call 651-241-8400 for:

• ED-facilitated direct admissions
• ED physician triage and consultation
• ED-to-ED transfers
• interventional neuroradiology coverage
• neurosurgery coverage
• stroke neurology coverage (available for telephone consultation via ED to ED)

• signs and symptoms of a stroke
• when to call 911
• current treatments available for stroke
• stroke prevention strategies

• Describe intra-arterial treatment options for stroke.
• Identify potential candidates for intra-arterial treatment.

Emergent and initial stroke management
Length: 60 minutes
Objectives:

• Describe emergency management of the stroke patient.
Describe initial acute care management for the stroke/TIA patient.
• Discuss emergent and secondary prevention interventional neuroradiology procedures available for the stroke patient.
• Identify how to access the Neurologic Emergency Treatment NETwork.

Acute stroke management and implementation of secondary prevention measures
Length: 60 minutes
Objectives:

• Describe hospital management of the acute ischemic stroke patient.
• Discuss components of the diagnostic work-up for stroke etiology and risk factors.
• Identify secondary stroke prevention measures.

National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
Length: 60 minutes
Objectives:

• Demonstrate the use of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHS).
• Describe the treatment implications of neurological symptoms.

• Describe pathophysiology of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.
• Describe nursing management of the emergent and acute stroke patient.
• Discuss emergent and secondary prevention interventional neuroradiology procedures available for the stroke patient.
• Identify how to access the Neurology Emergency Treatment NETwork.

National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
Length: 50 minutes
Objectives:

• Demonstrate the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHS).
• Describe treatment implications of neurological symptoms.

rt-PA administration and education
Length: 35 minutes
Objectives:

• Verbalize risks and benefits of intravenous and intra-arterial rt-PA.
• Discuss inclusion and exclusion criteria for intravenous rt-PA candidates.
• Demonstrate how to prepare and administer intravenous rt-PA.

• Describe pathophysiology of stroke.
• Demonstrate pre-hospital assessment and management of the stroke patient.
• Verbalize necessary monitoring and management when transporting patients with neurological emergencies, including those who have received, or are receiving, intravenous rt-PA.