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(all webinars) (May 25, 2023) (June 1, 2023) (June 8, 2023) (all webinars) (May 25, 2022)
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(all webinars) (Mark E. Pinchalk, MS, EMT-P, Assistant Chief, City of Pittsburgh [PA] EMS) (Mohamed Ridha, MD, Vascular Neurology Fellow, Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati) (Muhib Khan, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Michigan State University, Division Chief, Inpatient Neurology, Spectrum Health, and Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Spectrum Health) (Kori Sauser Zachrison, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Telestroke Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School) (Stacie L. Demel, DO, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati) (Adam Oostema, MD, MS, FACEP, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine) (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) (Tamer Abdelhak, MD, FANA, FNCS, Medical Director, NeuroCritical Care, Associate Professor of Neurology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY) (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) (David Eickemeyer, MBA) (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)Please Note: The following content is defined as archived material pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act Title II, § 35.104 and § 35.201. It is provided for historical reference only and, as such, may not meet accessibility standards.
Nov. 20, 2025: Using Quality Improvement Tools and Processes to Improve Stroke Care
Oct. 16, 2025: MindRhythm – Cranial Accelogram Device & ESO’s Health Data Exchange
Aug. 21, 2025: EMS and Hospital Communication Best Practices/Discussion
July 17, 2025: The Use of Telehealth in Stroke Care
June 26, 2025: GWTGs Health Equity Data Element and Community Health Access Program (CHAP)
Presentations:
Feb. 20, 2025: Mission: Lifeline EMS Recognition
Jan. 16, 2025: Stroke System of Care Implementation
Dec. 19, 2024: Stroke Nurse Navigator Program
Dec. 19, 2024: EMS Review of Hemorrhagic Strokes
Nov. 21, 2024: The Importance of Prehospital Stroke Activation
Oct. 17, 2024: Pharmacy Medication Management Program
Sept. 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.
Feb. 15, 2024: Improving Door-to-CT and Door-to-Needle Times: Sharing Best Practices
Oct. 19, 2023: Finding from the 2023 MiSP Door-to-Needle Quality Improvement Study
Sept. 21, 2023: Management of Anticoagulated Hemorrhagic/Overview of Health Data Exchange between EMS and Hospitals
Aug. 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
Jan. 19, 2023: Effective Communication and Support for Aphasic Patients
Dec. 15, 2022: Quantifying Variability in EMS Stroke Care in Michigan, Community Integrated Paramedicine Overview
Oct. 20, 2022: Hospital Stroke Quality Initiative - Ascension Providence Rochester
July 21, 2022: EMS Stroke Recognition Best Practices and Dysphagia Screen Challenges
American Heart Association Data Update (Joseph H. Williams, IV, national director of healthcare informatics and regulatory alliances, American Heart Association, and Jason G. Walchok, NRP, senior manager of healthcare informatics, American Heart Association) Introduction of Emily Bergquist, director, MDHHS Division of EMS and Trauma Tenecteplase Use and Best Practices Discussion (open to all webinar participants)Oct. 21, 2021: Best Practices of Comprehensive Stroke Measures 03 and 10; TANDEM365 Overview
and (35:13 - 53:10): Best Practices of The Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Measures 3 (CSTK-03: Severity Measurement Performed for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage [SAH] and Intracerebral Hemorrhage [ICH] Patients [Overall Rate]) and 10 (CSTK-10: Modified Rankin Score [mRS at 90 Days: Favorable Outcome])
and TANDEM365 - An Integrated Model (Philip M. Fennema, EMT-P, CCP, director of operations, TANDEM365)Sept. 16, 2021: Community Health Workers 101; Review of 2021 MI Hospital Inventory Survey and EMS Stroke Performance
Community Health Workers 101 (Porsche Fischer, education and registry manager, Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance) Results of Michigan Stroke Program Hospital Inventory Survey 2021 (Adrienne Nickles, MPH, program coordinator and registry manager, Michigan Stroke Program) Review of Michigan EMS Stroke Performance 2021 (Justin Allen, BA, EMT-P, emergency medical services quality improvement coordinator, Michigan Stroke Program) Question-and-Answer Session (Adrienne Nickles and Justin Allen)May 20, 2021: The Science Behind MindRhythm's Large Vessel Occlusion Recognition Headbands
April 15, 2021: Acute Stroke Assessment and Treatment
Feb. 18, 2021: Saving the Brain: Advanced Neuroimaging in Acute Stroke Therapy
Jan. 21, 2021: Diagnosis and Management of Posterior Circulation Stroke
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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:
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(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.TP495Please Note: The following content is defined as archived material pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act Title II, § 35.104 and § 35.201. It is provided for historical reference only and, as such, may not meet accessibility standards.
Websites: 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.