Tissue plasminogen activator

5 Acute ischemic stroke is a potential candidate for telehealth interventions because of the need to reach patients within the ‘golden hour’ and the specialized expertise needed to decide whether to administer intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) to remove the clot.5 The American Heart Association Stroke Council recommends that tele-stroke networks should be adopted, ‘to eliminate geographic disparities in care that may occur as a result of limited resources, manpower shortages

stroke patient receives the only FDA-approved treatment for an ischemic stroke, which is the most prevalent kind, but first to even receive that medication, the stroke must be confirmed by a CT scan. The medication is a clot-buster called tissue plasminogen activator or tPA, and it must be administered within 2 hours of the signs of stroke to be most effective, but that doesn’t always happen in that window due to the time it takes to get care. On average, patients received a CT scan more than 20 minutes

Introduction At any time, at any place, and at any moment right now, a horrendous disease called stroke will claim the life of one Canadian. In fact, every 7 minutes in Canada, someone dies from heart disease or stroke. Which makes us wonder, what is this horrific and sudden disease called stroke? Stroke is the sudden loss of brain function caused by a disturbance of blood flow to the brain. There are two types of strokes; ischemic stroke which is caused by the interruption of blood flow to the

cellular components. For example, when cells metastasizing, they use cell protrusion which provided by actin cytoskeleton to penetrate the extracellular matrix, they also secrete plasminogen activator to increase protease plasmin’s activity in order to penetrate the membrane. Then some of the tumor cells transfer to another tissue and form metastatic tumor. The specific functions of several cell structures and transporters in tumor cells are discussed as follows. Lysosome plays important role in cells’

Over the past several decades, healthcare technology has exploded, resulting in safer and faster patient care. The healthcare sector has become inundated with a variety of technologies from simulation education to telemedicine. The use of electronic medical records (EMR) and use of scribes have become essential to healthcare facilities. Physicians use the assistance of scribes to input patient information obtained during the assessment. These electronic medical records than follow the patient through

Core Measure Sets for Patients with Stroke at Hoag Hospital, Irvine CA Background The third leading cause of death and leading cause of disability in American adults is a stroke. It is a medical emergency with an individual affected every 45 seconds in America. It occurs when there is an obstruction of blood flow caused by a ruptured blood vessel or blood clot resulting in depletions of oxygen supply to the brain. It results in a wide range of devastating effects depending on the affected brain

can be given to people who have been diagnosed with blood clots. That medication thins the blood and helps prevent clots from forming. If a blood clot goes unnoticed it can reach the lung or brain and end in a fatality. A medicine called tissue plasminogen activator can break up blood clots in the arteries of the brain, however it has to be injected within 4 hours of symptoms start time to work (National Institutes of Health, 2014). Often the long list of side effects for medication can be overwhelming

Abstract Patient delay in treatment for stroke symptoms is the major factor interrupting delivery of definitive treatment in critical conditions. The government and health care facilities have been providing campaigns aimed at decreasing patient delay times. Although, a large number of people still do not seek treatment in a timely manner. In this statement, I would like to emphasize of benefit of early treatments and identifies the factors related to delay in seeking timely treatment. Introduction

components. For example, when cells metastasizing, they use cell protrusion which provided by the actin cytoskeleton to penetrate the extracellular matrix, they also secrete plasminogen activator to increase protease plasmin’s activity in order to penetrate the membrane. Then some of the tumor cells transfer to other tissue and form metastatic tumor. The specific functions of several cell structures and transporters in tumor cells are discussed as follows. Lysosome plays important role in cells’

arrest and receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from EMS. The doctor had the team switch over to LUCAS CPR. Unfortunately, after thirty minutes the patient still had no return of respiration. The doctor made the call to administer tissue plasminogen activator, which was followed by LUCAS CPR. During the last periodic check, the patient had spontaneous respiration and progressively became more alert and awake. Although the whole event lasted just 45 minutes, it felt like several hours. The stress