Taking care of your health can seem like an overwhelming task. The sheer amount of information available online, in commercials, and in books and magazines is enough to intimidate even savvy health consumers. Add to that the personal experiences of your friends, co-workers or family members who’ve “had that before” and it can be difficult to separate myths from facts.
If all ELVO patients are brought directly to the nearest level 1 stroke center instead of the nearest hospital (which may not be equipped to take care of them), neurons are saved, lives are saved, and more patients can go home to their families with little or no disability.
The Get Ahead of Stroke campaign team asked Dr. Pankajavalli Ramakrishnan to discuss her journey in giving stroke patients the best possible chance to survive and thrive following an ELVO to see if her approach might be replicated nationwide.
Yesterday was a good day for Tennessee. It was a good day for those who work in neurology. It was a great day for people in our state who will experience a severe stroke known as an emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO).
To survive the deadliest type of stroke, patients need to be treated fast and they must be taken to the right center.
In the next 40 seconds, someone in the United States will have a stroke; in the next four minutes, one stroke victim will die.
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.
