Access the #SurviveStroke Week Digital Toolkit!
Aprenda sobre el accidente cerebrovascular!
Access the #SurviveStroke Week Digital Toolkit!
Aprenda sobre el accidente cerebrovascular!
Nearly 2 million brain cells die every minute that an ischemic stroke goes untreated.
Stroke kills about 140,000 Americans each year. It is a leading cause of death and long-term disability in the U.S.
Neuroendovascular stroke surgery is the most effective stroke treatment for patients with emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO).
Every 4 minutes someone in the U.S. dies from a stroke.
Not all strokes are the same, which means each requires unique treatment at specialized stroke centers from highly trained stroke care teams.
Level 1 stroke centers offer severe stroke patients the best chance of survival and a life without disability.
More than half a million stroke patients need rehabilitation following a stroke.
But there are many stroke patients that survive and thrive after stroke, too. Their common denominator was getting thrombectomy quickly at a Level 1 stroke center, which has specialists available around the clock trained to treat every type of stroke.
Let’s ensure every stroke patient in America receives timely assessment, triage, and transport, getting them to patient-specific treatment that will dramatically increase their chances of thriving after stroke.
“If we need to tell this story to one person who can tell another who can tell another, and eventually influence the right person or a great number of people, then that’s the goal. We can’t keep our heads down and hope people ‘discover us.’”
Did you know that state policies largely govern whether first responders take stroke patients to a center equipped to treat their stroke or just the closest hospital?
Get Ahead of Stroke® is a national public education and advocacy campaign designed to improve systems of care for stroke patients. Founded in 2016 by the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS), today the campaign is supported by a coalition of organizations with the goal of securing the best possible outcomes for stroke patients by driving policy change and public awareness nationwide.
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