Stroke facts
Type of Strokes
Stroke Assessment in ED
The Joint Commission stroke core
Stroke Canter
100

In 2020, how many deaths from cardiovascular disease were due to stroke?

1 in 6 deaths

100

When blood clots or other particles block the blood vessels in the brain, what type of stroke is this?


Ischemec

100

CT scan results are available to the stroke team, and decision-making for treatment within how many minutes?

Forty Minutes

100

Patients diagnosed with ischemic stroke need to be discharged with what form of therapy? 

Antithrombotic therapy

100

This hospital has a significant resource to provide state-of-the-art care to all stroke patients and has a neuro ICU open around the clock.

Comprehensive Stroke Canter

200

In how many seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke, and in how many minutes, someone dies of a stroke?


3.5 minutes

40 seconds

200

This tool was developed in the UK in 1998 by a group stroke team of physicians, an ambulance, and an emergency department.

F.A.S.T

200

The patient should be seen by the ED physician for an assessment within how many minutes?

Ten Minutes

200

What is the gold standard for treating of ischemic stroke?


tPA

200

The gold standard tool for stroke severity ischemic rating is?

NIHSS

300

Every year, how many people in the united states have a stroke?

795,00

300

 When an artery in the brain leaks blood or ruptures (breaks open), what stroke is this?

Hemorrhagies

300

The patient should be seen by the stroke team within how many minutes?

Fifteen minutes

300

After the patient is stabilized after a stroke, what assessment needs to be done before the patient go to go home?

Rehabilitation needs such as physical, speech, or occupational therapy.

300

This hospital's goal is to treat, stabilize, and transport stroke patients to a primary or comprehensive stroke center in a timely fashion. This hospital has a dedicated stroke program.

Acute Stroke-ready hospital

400

Stroke-related cost from 2017 to 2018 was how much?

53 billion dollars

400

Fatty deposits called plaque can also cause blockages by building up in the blood vessels, what stroke is this?

Ischemic

400

Initiation of fibrinolytic therapy within 3 hours of stroke symptoms unless contraindicated, should be given within how many minutes?

Sixty minutes

400

Antithrombotic therapy must be started within how many days after an acute stroke?

Two days

400

To be a Certified Stroke Center Joint Commission requires this to be done within 12 hours of admission for all stroke patients.

NIHSS

500

About 87% of all strokes are?

Ischemic

500

What is the main diagnosis that can cause a hemorrhage stroke?


High Blood Pressure

500

Non-contrast CT scan performed within how many minutes?

Twenty-five minutes

500

 What time frame should tPA be given after an ischemic stroke?

Within 3 hours

500

 Have a designed stroke unit, utilize AHA/ASA guidelines and analyze standard performance measure data (eight required measures).

Primary Stroke Center