14th Annual Acute Stroke Conference

Saturday, October 16, 2021, 7:30 AM - 12:40 PM, SSM Health SLU Hospital


This half day CME/CE conference will take place in person, face to face, and virtual on-line live ZOOM meeting for those not wanting to travel or interact with others. We will have expert faculty speakers that discuss the importance of team work and communication from the ED to therapy. Each team member that interacts with a stroke patient will have the opportunity to hear and discuss new innovations in helping Stroke patient get back to good quality of life in less time.

1. List the key components of a mobile stroke unit
2. Review the theoretical advantages of the mobile stoke unit model
3. Discuss the financial structure of the mobile stroke unit model
4. Analyze the key mobile stroke unit publications
5. Evaluate the current landscape of potential adjuncts to thrombolysis in acute stroke
6. Recognize the differences between therapies in early development and therapies in definitive clinical trials
7. Describe the role of PT, OT and ST in the ED
8. Discuss how therapy services assist physicians and social workers with disposition planning
9. Review the data for systemic thrombolysis or mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke
10. Identify tools to help inform patients and their surrogate decision makers around decisions in the setting of acute ischemic stroke
11. Identify tools to help inform patients and their surrogate decision makers around decisions in the setting of acute ischemic stroke
12. Recognize the ethics of consenting patients and/or their surrogates for interventions in the setting of acute ischemic stroke
13. Recognize importance of standard neurologic assessments during the transition of care between nursing providers
14. Identify barriers to the NIHSS as a complete handoff assessment tool in patients with severe neurologic injury
15. Develop and integrate a standard neurologic assessment tool for nursing bedside handoff
16. Use prehospital stroke scales and scores with an ability to differentiate the limitations of each
17. Employ destination decision making which promotes optimal stroke patient outcome
18. Discuss common therapeutic approaches to management of cerebral edema following ischemic stroke
19. Identify the molecular target of glyburide and describe downstream effects on the development of cerebral edema
20. Evaluate the safety and efficacy of IV glyburide for the prevention of cerebral edema following ischemic stroke

Registration is required in order to attend the face to face activity and to have access to the virtual links for participants that do not want to participate face to face.  Meeting login and instructions will be provided to registered and paid participants that indicate virtual attendance at least two days prior to the activity. 

  

SLU and SSM SLU Hospital- Affiliated	Complimentary (No certificate) If you want/need a certificate please click on the certificate fee for $20.00 and pay the fee at time of registration.
SSM Health (not SLU Hospital), SSM Rehab, and Schumacher; continuing education certificate included in fee.	$40.00
Non-Affiliated MD, DO, PA-C, NP, PharmD, Nurse; continuing education certificate included in fee.	$40.00
Non-Affiliated Allied Health (PT/OT, Radiology Technologist, Speech Language Pathologist); continuing education certificate included in fee.	$40.00
Non-Affiliated Resident, Fellow, continuing education certificate included in fee.	$40.00
All EMS participants Continuing education certificate included	Complimentary

Accreditation:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Saint Louis University Hospital. Saint Louis University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

Saint Louis University designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Saint Louis University School of Medicine will provide Other learner certificates (APPs, nurses, and other types of learners). The certificate will state that the activity was designation for 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Follow your board’s requirements for reciprocal CE credits.

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Saint Louis University Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing Saint Louis University

Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Midwest MSD Provider Approval # MO221-1

Nursing Contact Hours:  maximum of 3.75    Activity Approval #N22002

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Physical Therapy

Saint Louis University School of Medicine Continuing Education Program is a continuing education sponsor for the State of Illinois to provide Physical Therapy and Occupation Therapy CE courses. 

State of Illinois Physical Therapy Continuing Education Sponsor License # 216.000085 Expiration Date: 09/30/2022 - CE Contact hours: 4.5

State of Missouri: Acceptable continuing education is automatically approved if such course or activity is obtained as follows; Courses and activities sponsored/approved by the American Medical Association (AMA) As stated in Chapter 3-Licensing of Physical Therapist and Physical Therapist Assistants, 20 CSR 2050-3.203, page 15.

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Occupational Therapy 

State of Illinois Occupational Therapy Continuing Education Sponsor License #224-000052 Expiration Date: 12/30/2021 Contact hours: 4.5

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Missouri EMS
SSM EMS Department  has approved 3.75 EMS Stroke CEUs through the Missouri Bureau of EMS, TE#18933PC 

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Illinois EMS has approved 4.0 EMS CEUs through the Illinois Department of Public Health.
EMS Site Code 043200E1021

 

Course Director and Planner

Guillermo Linares, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Neurology

Souers Stroke Institute

Vascular and Neurointerventional Services

Saint Louis University School of Medicine 

St. Louis, Missouri

 

Course Manager and Planner

Jeffrey M. Wright, PT

Outreach Services Executive

SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

St. Louis, Missouri

 

Planners

James Braun, PharmD, BCCCP

Neurosciences Pharmacy Clinical Specialist

SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

St. Louis, Missouri

 

Arijana Kapic

Clinical Data Analysis

SSM Saint Louis University Hospital

St. Louis, Missouri

 

Lauren Polezogopoulos, RN, BSN, CNRN, SCRN

Stroke Coordinator

SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

St. Louis, Missouri

 

Amanda Sain

SLU CME Program Director

Saint Louis University School of Medicine

St. Louis, Missouri

 

Carly West

SLU CME Program Coordinator

Saint Louis University School of Medicine

St. Louis, Missouri

 

Presenters

Opeolu Adeoye, MD

James Braun, PharmD, BCCCP

Jaime Cook, OTR/L

Jeroen Coppens, MD

Alex Curtin, PT

Randall C. Edgell, MD, FSVIN

William Scott Gilmore, MF, EMT-P, FACEP, FAEMS

Evadne G. Marcolini, MD

Lauren Polezogopoulos, RN, BSN, CNRN, SCRN

 

 

Saturday, October 16, 2021

The following have been approved to set up a display table, a virtual promotional presentation, or both:

ALLM USA, Inc. Join (Hospital Use) Join Triage (EMS use)

Endophys Pressure sensing access system (6FrX12cm 8FrX11cm & 8FrX25cm)

Genentech  strokeresourcecenter.com  strokeawareness.com  Activase (tPa)

Medtronic  https://www.medtronic.com/us-en/healthcare-professionals/products/neurological.html 

Microvention WEB^TM Embolization System

RapidAI  RapidAI stroke products deliver proven benefits to hospitals and hospital networks around the world—changing how they care for stroke patients. 

Stryker https://info.stryker.com/trivecta TriVectA

SSM Rehabilitation Network
SSM Health Rehabilitation Network delivers the specialized care and advanced treatment that enables individuals with stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, neurological disorders, amputation, and other orthopedic injury, and general medical rehabilitation needs, to rebuild their lives. With a network of three hospitals, five acute care locations, an extensive home therapy team and more than 80 outpatient physical therapy centers located throughout the greater St. Louis metropolitan area, SSM Health Rehabilitation provides a wide range specialty treatments for the optimal patient recovery. A team of specialized therapists, nurses and physicians, focus on providing exceptional care and unparalleled customer service. SSM Health Rehabilitation Network is a joint venture between SSM Health St. Louis and Select Medical.