Table of Contents
Title Page
Preface
Zach W. Hall, Ph.D.
Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Introduction
John R. Marler, M.D.
Executive Summary
Keynote Adddresses
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Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Systems Panel
- Overview: The Initial Links in the Chain of Recovery for
Brain Attack: Access, Prehospital Care, Notification, and Transport
Paul E. Pepe, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.E.P., F.C.C.M., F.A.C.P.
- Dispatch Life Support and the Acute Stroke Patient:
Making the Right Call
Brian S. Zachariah, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., James Dunford, M.D., and Carl C. Van Cott
- Prehospital Identification and Treatment
Michael R. Sayre, M.D., Robert A. Swor, D.O., and Linda K. Honeycutt, EMT-P
- Special Considerations in Access to Care and Transport
Douglas J. Floccare, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.E.P.,
Robert R. Bass, M.D., Daniel Hankins, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., and Thomas M. Stein, M.D.
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Emergency Department Panel
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Acute Hospital Care Panel
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Health Care Systems Panel
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Public Education Panel
- Overview: The Importance of Patient and Public Education in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Judith A. Spilker, R.N., B.S.N.
- Lessons from Current and Previous Public Education Campaigns
Harold W. (Pete) Todd
- Lessons for Success in Public Education Campaigns
Edward W. Maibach, Ph.D., M.P.H.
- Seeking Health Care Following Stroke: Public Education
Carol A. Barch, M.N., C.R.N.P., C.N.R.N.
- How Do We Get From Here to There? The Message, the Audience,and the Medium
Norman A. Levy, M.S.
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Recommendations
Final Keynote Address
Appendices
- Steering Committee Members
- Task Force Members
- Partners
- Speakers
- Acknowledgments
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Last Edited: July 01, 1999
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892
"Proceedings of a National Symposium on Rapid Identification and Treatment of Acute Stroke", NINDS.
August 1997.
NIH Publication No.97-4239
Last updated June 19, 2008