Eisenhower Health Segment – May 26, 2018

10:00 – 11:00 AM

Hour 2 Seg 1 – Eisenhower Health Segment

EISENHOWER HEALTH
Lee Rice, she’s Media Coordinator and Communications Specialist for EH
Dr. Susan Romkema, DNPRN, MHA, ME.BC, SCRN. She’s the Clinical nursing director for the stroke center @ Eisenhower Health.
– Get about 800 stroke patients a year @ Eisenhower.
– Discussion of May being Stroke Awareness Month.
– B.E.F.A.S.T. The warning signs of stroke….balance, eyes, face, arms, speech and time.
– 2 types of strokes: Ischemic (clot controls) and Hemorragic (blood pressure controls).
– One side of the brain controls the opposite side of the body.
– Reaction time for responding to a stroke has been extended.
– Reprofuse the blood to the brain helps restore the function.
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Lee and Dr. Susan