Stroke Award
The Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps is proud to announce that four of our members were honored at a stroke survivor celebration held at Seasons Restaurant by The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood on May 23, 2023.
The award was presented in conjunction with the American Heart Association’s Gold Plus Program. One of our honored members, Joan Zanotti, is also employed as a nurse for Valley and was involved with one of the selected successful stroke outcomes for a patient. The other three members, Christine Kochaniec, Carrie Hourican, and Don VonDreele, responded to a stroke patient, and because of their rapid assessment, and stroke recognition were able to transport, the patient in time for stroke treatment at Valley Hospital enabling the patient to make a complete recovery. The pre-hospital team included our three members, the GRPD, dispatchers, and an Advanced Life Saving (ALS paramedic) team. The GRVAC handles many possible strokes each year.
May was Stroke Awareness month, and under the guidance of the American Heart Association’s Gold Plus program, over seven hundred of Valley’s stroke patients were reviewed, and the best three outcomes were selected. The pre-hospital care included dispatch, EMTs and Paramedics. Time is critical in all stroke outcomes. Stroke requires a team, starting with recognizing the signs and symptoms of a stroke, the care, the transport, the patient transfer from EMTs and paramedics to the hospital team assigned to stroke care, the emergency room and post ER hospital care.
The Valley Hospital is regarded as one of the best stroke centers and has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines.
Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of adult disability in the U.S. On average, someone in the U.S. suffers a stroke every 40 seconds, and nearly 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year. Early stroke detection and treatment are key to improving survival, minimizing disability, and accelerating recovery times.
Get With The Guidelines - Stroke was developed to assist healthcare professionals and provide the most up-to-date, research-based guidelines for treating stroke patients. The Get With The Guidelines-Stroke makes it easier for teams to put proven knowledge and guidelines to work on a daily basis to improve outcomes for stroke patients.
Each year, program participants qualify for the award by demonstrating how their organization has committed to providing quality care for stroke patients. In addition to following treatment guidelines, Get With The Guidelines participants also educate patients to help them manage their health and recovery at home.
“We are incredibly pleased to recognize The Valley Hospital for its commitment to caring for patients with stroke,” said Steven Messe, M.D., chairperson of the Stroke System of Care Advisory Group. “Participation in Get With The Guidelines is associated with improved patient outcomes, fewer readmissions and lower mortality rates – a win for health care systems, families and communities.”
Valley has also received the Association’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite award. To qualify for this recognition, hospitals must meet specific criteria that reduce the time between an eligible patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with the clot-buster alteplase.
As we mentioned earlier, early detection and treatment are the key to improving survival, minimizing disability, and accelerating recovery times. The mnemonic BE FAST will help you recognize a stroke, which is a key to success or failure.
The award was presented in conjunction with the American Heart Association’s Gold Plus Program. One of our honored members, Joan Zanotti, is also employed as a nurse for Valley and was involved with one of the selected successful stroke outcomes for a patient. The other three members, Christine Kochaniec, Carrie Hourican, and Don VonDreele, responded to a stroke patient, and because of their rapid assessment, and stroke recognition were able to transport, the patient in time for stroke treatment at Valley Hospital enabling the patient to make a complete recovery. The pre-hospital team included our three members, the GRPD, dispatchers, and an Advanced Life Saving (ALS paramedic) team. The GRVAC handles many possible strokes each year.
May was Stroke Awareness month, and under the guidance of the American Heart Association’s Gold Plus program, over seven hundred of Valley’s stroke patients were reviewed, and the best three outcomes were selected. The pre-hospital care included dispatch, EMTs and Paramedics. Time is critical in all stroke outcomes. Stroke requires a team, starting with recognizing the signs and symptoms of a stroke, the care, the transport, the patient transfer from EMTs and paramedics to the hospital team assigned to stroke care, the emergency room and post ER hospital care.
The Valley Hospital is regarded as one of the best stroke centers and has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines.
Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of adult disability in the U.S. On average, someone in the U.S. suffers a stroke every 40 seconds, and nearly 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year. Early stroke detection and treatment are key to improving survival, minimizing disability, and accelerating recovery times.
Get With The Guidelines - Stroke was developed to assist healthcare professionals and provide the most up-to-date, research-based guidelines for treating stroke patients. The Get With The Guidelines-Stroke makes it easier for teams to put proven knowledge and guidelines to work on a daily basis to improve outcomes for stroke patients.
Each year, program participants qualify for the award by demonstrating how their organization has committed to providing quality care for stroke patients. In addition to following treatment guidelines, Get With The Guidelines participants also educate patients to help them manage their health and recovery at home.
“We are incredibly pleased to recognize The Valley Hospital for its commitment to caring for patients with stroke,” said Steven Messe, M.D., chairperson of the Stroke System of Care Advisory Group. “Participation in Get With The Guidelines is associated with improved patient outcomes, fewer readmissions and lower mortality rates – a win for health care systems, families and communities.”
Valley has also received the Association’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite award. To qualify for this recognition, hospitals must meet specific criteria that reduce the time between an eligible patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with the clot-buster alteplase.
As we mentioned earlier, early detection and treatment are the key to improving survival, minimizing disability, and accelerating recovery times. The mnemonic BE FAST will help you recognize a stroke, which is a key to success or failure.
