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The Michigan Stroke Program hosts several types of meetings on a regular basis. This page is intended to keep our partners effectively and productively engaged with the program by providing access to all the trainings, webinars, team publications, lectures, and distinguished speakers we have hosted. We also are committed to offering external resources related to stroke shared by others.
For more information about any of the resources on this page, or to suggest a topic you would like to see us address, please contact the Michigan Stroke Program team at MDHHS-Stroke@michigan.gov.
(all webinars) (all webinars) (all webinars) (all webinars) (all webinars) (Mary Kay Bader, RN, MSN, CCNS, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN, FNCS, FAHA, Neuro Critical Care CNS, Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo, CA) (Mary Kay Bader, RN, MSN, CCNS, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN, FNCS, FAHA, Neuro Critical Care CNS, Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo, CA) (Casey L. Corches, MPH, MSOTR/L, Project Manager, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Stroke Program) (Tracy A. Hover, BS, Research Project Coordinator, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine) (Kemar Green, DO, Sparrow Hospital/Michigan State University Neurology & Ophthalmology) (David Eickemeyer, MBA, Associate Director, Certification, The Joint Commission) (Stacie L. Demel, DO, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati) (Kathie Thomas, DHA, MPH, Senior Director, Quality and Systems Improvement, American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association) (Melissa M. Carskadon, Lead EMT-P, I/c, Community Paramedic, Hazmat Medic, Professional Med Team) (Adrienne Nickles, MPH) (David P. Steinberg, MD, MMM) (Kathie Thomas, DHA, MPH) (Paula Kane, OTRL) (Stacie L. Demel, DO, PhD, Adrienne V. Nickles, MPH, Suzanne O'Brien, RN, MSN, ANVP, Ghada Ibrahim, MS, Zsuzsanna Szabo, MPH, Krystal Quartermus, MS, RD, Sherry Kinnucan, EMT-P, Robert Wahl, DVM, MS, Teri Scorcia-Wilson, PhD, Mathew J. Reeves, PhD) (Adrienne Nickles, MPH) (Sue O'Brien, RN, MSN, ANVP) (Sue O'Brien, RN, MSN, ANVP) (Sherry Kinnucan, EMTP-IC)October 17, 2024: Pharmacy Medication Management Program
September 19, 2024: Trends and Results from the 2024 MiSP Hospital and EMS Partner Surveys
April 18, 2024: Annual Trends and Results from the 2024 MiSP Hospital and EMS Partner Surveys
March 21, 2024: Stroke Screening and Identifying Patients at Risk of Stroke
Ascension Health System process for Screening and Identifying patients at risk of Stroke.
Detroit Receiving Hospital Process for Screening and Identification of Patients at risk of Stroke.
February 2024
February 15, 2024: Improving Door-to-CT and Door-to-Needle Times: Sharing Best Practices
November 16, 2023:A Comparison of EMS and Hospital Perceptions of Communication and Feedback: Results from the 2023 MiSP Partner EMS and Hospital Survey
October 19, 2023: Finding from the 2023 MiSP Door-to-Needle Quality Improvement Study
September 21, 2023: Management of Anticoagulated Hemorrhagic/Overview of Health Data Exchange between EMS and Hospitals
August 17, 2023: Review Stroke Case Studies
April 20, 2023: Mission Lifeline and EMS Awards / MindRhythm Updates
March 16, 2023: Stroke Outcome and Performance Data to EMS from the Hospital-Level
January 19, 2023: Effective Communication and Support for Aphasic Patients (Katie Strong, Ph.D. CCC-SLP, Associate Professor – Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders – Central Michigan University)
December 15, 2022: Quantifying Variability in EMS Stroke Care in Michigan, Community Integrated Paramedicine Overview (Dr. Adam Oostema, MD, MS, FACEP, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and Betsy McDavid - Jackson Community Ambulance)
October 20, 2022: Hospital Stroke Quality Initiative - Ascension Providence Rochester (Amanda Kalinsky, NP and Michelle Davies, RN)
July 21, 2022: EMS Stroke Recognition Best Practices and Dysphagia Screen Challenges
Oct. 21, 2021: Best Practices of Comprehensive Stroke Measures 03 and 10; TANDEM365 Overview
Sept. 16, 2021: Community Health Workers 101; Review of 2021 MI Hospital Inventory Survey and EMS Stroke Performance
July 15, 2021: The Rationale for Evaluation and Consideration of Endovascular Treatment of Large Vessel Occlusion (LVO) in Patients with Low National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) (Richard D. Fessler, MD, specialist-in-chief for Neurological and Neuroendovascular Surgery at Detroit Medical Center and chief of Neurosurgery at Detroit Receiving Hospital)
May 20, 2021: The Science Behind MindRhythm's Large Vessel Occlusion Recognition Headbands (Wade Smith, MD, PhD, director of University of California, San Francisco Neurovascular Service, San Francisco, CA)
April 15, 2021: Acute Stroke Assessment and Treatment (Alex Bou Chebl, MD, FSVIN, Director, Harris Comprehensive Stroke Center, and Director, Stroke Division, Henry Ford Health System, MI)
Feb. 18, 2021: Saving the Brain: Advanced Neuroimaging in Acute Stroke Therapy (Macksood A. Aftab, DO, MHA, ALM, CAQ, Department of Radiology Chair and Neuroradiology Section Chief at Ascension Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, MI)
Jan. 21, 2021: Diagnosis and Management of Posterior Circulation Stroke (Stacie L. Demel, DO, PhD, vascular neurologist, University of Cincinnati Department of Neurology)
Feb. 15, 2023: ImageTrend Elite Stroke Documentation Training for EMS Providers (Laura Krist, Client Services Educator, ImageTrend). This training is for all EMS providers who use ImageTrend Elite for their ePCR documentation. This training will review how to properly document important data fields for suspected stroke calls. These fields include: blood glucose, stroke scale assessment, hospital prenotification and last known well date/time documentation.
Aug. 19, 2021: Community Integrated Paramedicine (Kristine Kuhl, Community Integrated Paramedicine Coordinator, MDHHS Bureau of EMS, Trauma and Preparedness)
Feb. 17, 2021: VAN and RACE Large Vessel Occlusion Scales (Mohamed Teleb, MD, Endovascular Neurosurgery, Banner Health, Mesa, AZ, and Natalia Pérez de la Ossa, MD, director of Neurology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain)
American CME has three free continuing education courses designed for medical first responders (MFRs), emergency medical technicians (EMTs), and paramedics. The video-based productions focus on stroke care and assessment in order to optimize care and patient outcomes in the field. All of the courses are offered to pre-hospital emergency medical professionals at no cost. They include:
(Adrienne V. Nickles, MPH, Adam Oostema, MD, Justin Allen, BA, EMT-P, Suzanne L. O'Brien, MSN, RN, ANVP, Stacie L. Demel, DO, PhD, Mathew J. Reeves, PhD) JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(1):e2032331. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.32331 (Kimberly A. Gray, RN, MSN, Adrienne V. Nickles, MPH, Suzanne L. O'Brien, RN, MSN, ANVP, Ghada Ibrahim, MS, Samantha R. Wall, MPH, Krystal Quartermus, MS, RD, Robert Wahl, DVM, MS, Teri Scorcia-Wilson, PhD, MPH, Stacie L. Demel, DO, PhD, Mathew J. Reeves, PhD) Stroke. 2019;50(Suppl. 1): WMP94. Originally published Jan. 30, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1161/str.50.suppl_1.WMP94 (Samantha R. Wall, MPH, Ghada Ibrahim, MS, Adrienne V. Nickles, MPH, Suzanne L. O'Brien, RN, MSN, ANVP, Krystal Quartermus, MS, RD, Robert Wahl, DVM, MS, Teri Scorcia-Wilson, PhD, MPH, Mathew J. Reeves, PhD) Stroke. 2019;50(Suppl. 1):ATP392. Originally published Jan. 30, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1161/str.50.suppl_1.TP392 (Ghada Ibrahim, MS, Adrienne V. Nickles, MPH, Suzanne L. O'Brien, MSN, RN, ANVP, Samantha R. Wall, MPH, Krystal Quartermus, MS, RD, Robert Wahl, DVM, MS, Teri Scorcia-Wilson, PhD, MPH, Justin Allen, BA, EMT-P, Mathew J. Reeves, PhD, Adam Oostema, MD, FACEP) Stroke. 2019;50(Suppl. 1):AWP316. Originally published Jan. 30, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1161/str.50.suppl_1.WP316 (Suzanne L. O'Brien, RN, MSN, ANVP, Adrienne V. Nickles, MPH, Ghada Ibrahim, MS, Samantha R. Wall, MPH, Krystal Quartermus, MS, RD, Robert Wahl, DVM, MS, Teri Scorcia-Wilson, PhD, MPH, Mathew J. Reeves, PhD, Stacie L. Demel, DO, PhD) Stroke. 2019;50(Suppl. 1):ATP495. Originally published Jan. 30, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1161/str.50.suppl_1.TP495Websites: www.heart.org (AHA) and www.stroke.org (ASA)
(Get with the Guidelines-Stroke, June 2018) (ASA, in conjunction with the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and National Consortium for Building Healthy Academic Communities) This fact sheet includes the 5 Rs of EMS Stroke Activation, an EMS Algorithm for Transporting Emergent Large Vessel Occlusions (ELVO), an Example ED Stroke Protocol, and a listing of the Top 10 Tips for Stroke Teams.