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One of the major highlights of the Case residency
program is the extensive exposure each resident receives
participating in the Brain Attack program.
Our Brain Attack program has been active
since 1993, and is one of the largest programs in the
nation using intra-arterial thrombolysis.
 Patients are
evaluated with treatment initiated acutely by a team of
the residents, Attending Neurologists, Neuroradiologists,
and Neurointensivists. A
Stroke Evaluation Form is completed for all
brain attack patients that ensures optimal and
standardized care.
Protocols for both intravenous or
intra-arterial thrombolysis are used to treat acute
stroke patients. Patients with acute stroke are triaged
quickly from outlying hospitals and are often life
flighted directly to University Hospitals - Case Medical
Center.
The patients initially cared for by a resident during
a brain attack are continued to be followed by the same
resident during their
hospitalization from the Neuroscience Intensive Care
Unit to the Neurology ward and later in the
outpatient continuity clinic. |
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