- There are numerous organizations,
associations and foundations dedicated to stroke treatment and prevention.
- The educational materials
available are designed for the lay public, medical professionals and
stroke team members.
- The educational materials
for medical professionals are available as organized meetings, web based
learning with CME, and published guidelines and policies.
- Emergency physicians have
an important role in stroke education.
- All emergency department
personnel need to be educated and part of a team to improve stroke patient
care.
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- How do emergency physicians
prefer to learn?
- How often do emergency physicians
use the various educational materials available?
- Are emergency physicians
interested in being educated about stroke?
- Is emergency physician participation
in stroke education increasing?
- Do emergency physicians
believe that the treatment of stroke has changed in the last 3 years?
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Emergency
Medicine Opportunities
- Continued collaboration
and team development, such as the Brain Attack Coalition, will improve
emergency medicine participation and patient care.
- National organizations
should continue to recruit the participation and opinion of emergency
physicians.
- Emergency medicine organizations
should continue to review and update their policy statements in
regards to stroke treatment.
- Having an independent
group, such as the ACEP Clinical Policies Committee, make a formal,
evidence-based, review would aid emergency physician education.
- The research of stroke
therapies is growing exponentially, the education of medical personnel,
about those therapies that are clinically relevant, also needs to
grow exponentially.
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