Training for Prehospital Assessment and Triage of Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke - Lessons Learnt from the National EMS Personnel Survey : Challenges and Opportunities

Thursday, October 13, 2022

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM EDT

Location: 240CD

Panelist(s)

Kaiz S. Asif, MD

Regional Medical Director and Clinical Assistant Professor, Stroke and Neuroendovascular Surgery
University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) and Amita Health, IL
Naperville, Illinois
May Nour, MD, PhD

Interventional & Vascular Neurologist
UCLA Health
Los Angeles, California
Roberta Novakovic-White, MD

Professor of Radiology and Neurology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Brijesh P. Mehta, MD

NeuroInterventional Surgeon, Director Comprehensive Stroke Program and NeuroInterventional Surgery
Memorial Neuroscience Institute
Weston, Florida

Description: Prehospital stroke assessment and triage has evolved considerably in recent years along with the evolution of hyper-acute stroke treatment especially mechanical thrombectomy. Considerable heterogeneity exists nationally at multiple levels including the choice/implementation of stroke severity/LVO scale, prehospital triage/bypass protocols, and EMS education content, frequency and delivery. Many stroke societies including the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN) have worked towards standardizing prehospital stroke care in collaboration with many EMS organizations including EMS World. This presentation will mainly discuss the lessons learnt from the ongoing national EMS education survey in the context of the most recent literature in prehospital stroke care.

Some of the topics would be:

Learning Objectives:

Understand the heterogeneity in prehospital large vessel occlusion stroke assessment and triage practices and the reasons behind this heterogeneity
Learn the most recent literature on prehospital stroke management including the guidelines from stroke societies
Individualize the implementation of these guidelines in the field based on their geographic regions
Access and connect with the most efficient and effective resources of stroke education
Learn ways to effectively communicate prehospital stroke information with receiving hospitals