Implementation of stroke teams and simulation training shortened process times in a regional stroke network-A network-wide prospective trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To meet the requirements imposed by the time-dependency of acute stroke therapies, it is necessary 1) to initiate structural and cultural changes in the breadth of stroke-ready hospitals and 2) to find new ways to train the personnel treating patients with acute stroke. We aimed to implement and validate a composite intervention of a stroke team algorithm and simulation-based stroke team training as an effective quality initiative in our regional interdisciplinary neurovascular network consisting of 7 stroke units.

Methods

We recorded door-to-needle times of all consecutive stroke patients receiving thrombolysis at seven stroke units for 3 months before and after a 2 month intervention which included setting up a team-based stroke workflow at each stroke unit, a t

SUBMITTER: Tahtali D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5716597 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature