1^st Annual Yellowstone Valley Regional Stroke Conference 2004

To register Call 1-800-331-0222 or 406-238-6181

Overview

This conference will review new approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of stroke in our region as well as recent medical advances in prevention and rehabilitation of stroke. Stroke victims will provide valuable perspective for professionals attending this conference.

Course Directors

Nicholas J Okon, DO

Medical Director - Stroke Center at St. Vincent Healthcare Billings, Montana

Neurology Associates Billings, Montana

Date and Time

April 10, 2004 7:30 am -5:00 pm

Location

Mansfield Education Center -located on the garden level of the Yellowstone Medical Center West Building at 2900 12th Ave. North- Billings, Montana

Course Format

Lectures, panels, question and answer sessions

Continuing Education

CME for physicians, CE units for nursing, CE for EMT/Paramedics

Cost-including CME/CE credits

$75 Physicians;$50 NP/PAs/Nurses;$35 EMT/Paramedics

Statement of Need

Stroke and heart disease are the number one cause of death in Montana. While most clinicians are familiar with the advances in treatment of acute coronary ischemia, significant progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of stroke. Despite the demonstrated effectiveness and availability of acute and secondary medical therapies for stroke, primary providers often have little exposure to and experience in applying these therapies. This conference will present standard of care and advanced diagnostics and therapies for stroke to primary providers of our region caring for the majority of stroke victims in the early minutes of acute stroke and months after.

Target Audience

Primary care providers (Physicians, PAs, NPs), emergency physicians, nurses, emergency personnel (EMTs, paramedics).

Faculty

Bruce Abbot, PT New Hope Rehabilitation Center St. Vincent Healthcare Billings, Montana	Joe Dillard, M.D. Eastern Radiology Associates St. Vincent Healthcare Billings, Montana	David Gurchiek MS, N REMT-P Paramedic Program Director Montana State University Billings, Montana
Martha Allen, R.N. Stroke Program Coordinator St. Vincent Healthcare Billings, Montana	Robert A Felberg, M.D. Stroke Program Director Department of Neurology Ochsner Foundation Clinic and Hospital New Orleans, Louisiana	Nicholas J Okon, D.O. Medical Director-Stroke Center at St. Vincent Healthcare Neurology Associates Billings, Montana
W. Scott Burgin, M.D. Assistant Professor of Neurology and Radiology University of Rochester Rochester, New York	Jerry Gearhart, R.N. New Hope Rehabilitation Center St. Vincent Healthcare Billings, Montana	Dan Rodriguez, M.D. Department of Neurology Deaconess Billings Clinic Billings, Montana

Educational Objectives

1. Explain the purpose and utility of the prehospital stroke screen.
2. Discuss how regional stroke care delivery can be achieved through coordinated rural stroke treatment models in the Yellowstone Valley.
3. Describe the clinical and facility requirements for delivering intravenous thrombolytic therapy to acute stroke victims.
4. Describe the recent advances in thrombolytic and anti-thrombotic therapy for acute stroke.
5. Describe the interventional therapies that can be delivered to stroke patients from outlying hospitals, and how to distinguish which patients qualify.
6. Describe the 'best-care' practices used to care for hospitalized stroke patients.
7. Explain the purpose and process of evaluation of cause of stroke and the use of medical secondary prevention strategies.
8. Discuss the importance of empowering stroke patients and their families in the process of recovery.
9. Discuss current practice and future therapies in stroke rehabilitation.

Course Agenda

7:30-8:00 a.m.	Introduction	Joseph Miller MD (patient)
I. Prehospital Care of the Stroke Victim
8:00-8:50 a.m.	Prehospital Assessment	David Gurchiek MS, N REMT-P
8:50-9:10	Using the Prehospital Stroke Screen	David Gurchiek MS, N REMT-P
9:10-9:45	Community and Regional Stroke Care	Nicholas J Okon, DO
9:45-10:00	Panel Discussion	All Speakers
10:00-10:15	Break
II. Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke
10:15-10:50 a.m.	Rural Stroke Treatment Models	Nicholas J Okon, DO
10:50-11:25	Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Stroke	W. Scott Burgin, MD
11:25-11:45	Regional Interventional Stroke Therapy	Joe Dillard, MD
11:45-Noon	Panel Discussion	All Speakers
Noon-1:00 p.m.	Lunch/Cases from Audience	All Speakers
III. Hospital Care of the Stroke Patient
1:00-1:35 p.m.	Nursing Care	Martha Allen, RN
1:35-2:10	Subacute Care and Evaluation of Stroke	Dan Rodriguez, MD
2:10-3:00	Secondary Prevention	Robert Felberg, MD
3:00-3:15	Panel Discussion	All Speakers
3:15-3:30	Break
IV. Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation
3:30- 4:00 p.m.	Pushing the Limits to Recovery	Jonathan Foote (patient)
4:00-4:35	Stroke Rehabilitation- New Frontiers Part 1 Part 2	Bruce Abbot PT
4:35-4:50	Acute Stroke Rehabilitation Continuum	Jerry Gearhart, RN
4:50-5:00	Panel Discussion/Adjourn	All Speakers