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PAGE B4 « ARTS & LIFESTYLES « DECEMBER 15. 2005 r- ~* o CT p R Fo yoy oe - sa The stroke Centel at Mather Hospital At Mather Hospital's Primary Stroke Center, a \stroke team\ has been established and is operational to rapidly and effectively diagnose and deliver emergency and acute stroke care treatment. If you suffer from any of the signs and symptoms of stroke, here's a look at what you can expect at Mather's Primary Stroke Center: B C_ F _._: §. One of Mather's 15 trained radiologists reads the digital images of the CT scan of the brain and faxes interpretation immediately to the Emergency Department. 1. A patient with symptoms of a stroke walks ror 1s transported by EMS) into Farber Emergency Pavilion at Mather Hospital on his own A Triage nurse greets this patient and calls for immediate tramport to a monitored treatment area 3. While a Mather Stroke Center/Emergency Department nurse takes patient history and prepares the patient's chart, a Laboratory Technologist 1s called on to draw blood for testing. Results are available within 45 minutes. 6. Upon diagnosis. a nurse admimisters an antiplatelet medication to help reverse the symptoms of stroke. Here. the patient receives his medication. After the CT scan of out some patients who present to the ED within three hours of the onset of symptoms may receive the \clot buster\ tPA to break up the clot causing an ischemic stroke. 2. Mather's Emergency Department wee retary immediately contacts all stroke team members. alerting them that a stroke patient has presented in the ED If a patient armves the patient's Cmuinnati Prehospital Stroke , Scale \ When a patient presents with one of the seale'~ three signs. there 1s a 72 percent chance that he or she is having a stroke. 4. A CT Scan Technologist takes images of the brain to help determine if the patient is having an ischemic or An Emergency Department physician. who meets or exceeds the criteria set by the New York State Department of Health to care for stroke patients. conducts a medical evaluation within 10 minutes of the patient arriving at Mather's Stroke Center Durning the exam, special tests such as an EKG and CT scan are ordered and performed by trained technologists with interpretation available within 45 minutes. hemorrhagic brain attack. This study is performed and interpreted within 45 minutes of the patient arriving at the Primary Stroke Center at Mather Hospital. gim y A GRE - P |M O SP 1T A L MEMBER OF THE Mather 24 St. Charles HEALTH ALLIANCE 75 North Country Road « Port Jefferson « NY 11777 www.matherhospital.org Many times when all protocols are followed. a stroke patient is discharged within days of the brain attack. Transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients often go home in two days. Patients who receive their treatment at designated stroke centers generally have shorter hospital stays and less permanent disabilities. For more information, call the Primary Stroke Center at Mather Hospital at (631) 473-1320 ext. 4432.
