McLaren Flint is Genesee County's Only Comprehensive Stroke Center
Time is Brain in Stroke Care! McLaren Flint's Comprehensive Stroke Center strives to bring the most evidence-based care available to patients experiencing stroke through established stroke care protocols at all McLaren Stroke Network locations. Our performance in giving clot-busting medications, opening clogged vessels in the brain, and caring for patients with other conditions leading to deficits in brain function is carefully studied and compared to national, local, and Joint Commission targets and benchmarks.
McLaren Flint was the first hospital in Genesee County to earn The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Heart-Check mark for Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers in 2016.
McLaren Flint is among an elite group of health care organizations across the country that are focused on highly-specialized stroke care. To be eligible, hospitals must demonstrate compliance with stroke-related standards as a Primary Stroke Center and meet additional requirements, including those related to advanced imaging capabilities, 24/7 availability of specialized treatments, and providing staff with the unique education and competencies to care for complex stroke patients.
For more information on McLaren Flint's Comprehensive Stroke Center, the McLaren Stroke Network or how to partner with us in community stroke care education, please contact the McLaren Neuroscience Institute at (810) 342-5700.
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McLaren Flint Comprehensive Stroke Center
We are dedicated to helping our community achieve the best possible outcomes following stroke, and implementing the American Heart Association/American Stroke Associations® Get With The Guidelines® program has helped us accomplish that by making it easier for our teams to put proven knowledge and guidelines to work on a daily basis.
Gold Plus Recognition
“Gold Plus achievement awards recognize hospitals that perform with at least 85 percent compliance in each Get With The Guidelines® achievement targeted award measures. A Gold award is earned for maintaining performance level for at least two consecutive calendar years. Target: Stroke Honor Roll designation are recognized for additional participation and performance in these initiatives.”
Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus
“Hospitals achieving Time to Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy ≤ 60 minutes in 85 percent or more of applicable acute ischemic stroke patients treated with IV thrombolytic AND door-to-needle time. Time to Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy within 45 minutes in 75 percent of patients AND within 30 minutes in 50 percent of applicable acute ischemic stroke patients treated with IV thrombolytic to improve patient care and outcomes quality.”
For the fifth year in a row McLaren Flint has earned the top four Get with the Guidelines recognitions from the American Heart Association. Read more.
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Criteria: McLaren Flint Gold Plus Recognition:
B.E. F.A.S.T.
Remember these common signs of stroke so you can act fast and save a life!
BALANCE
Sudden loss of balance
EYES
Sudden trouble seeing
FACE
Uneven or crooked smile
ARMS
Sudden arm or leg weakness
SPEECH
Speech is slurred or drooling
TIME
Sudden headache — time to call 911
Advanced Stroke Therapy Treatments
These are medical treatments to restore blood flow either using endovascular therapy or medication.
CTSK & EVT/MER Capable Centers include those that are Comprehensive and Thrombectomy Stroke Centers.
Michigan Stroke Program (MiSP) is lead by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) with the goal of developing a statewide comprehensive system of stroke care. Together, MiSP and its community-based partners, which includes McLaren Flint, are working together to improve EMS pre-hospital care, hospital stroke care, and access to post-discharge services while raising public awareness regarding the importance of calling 9-1-1 at the first signs of stroke.
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The McLaren Flint neuroscience program and Stroke Center bring people to us from all over the state. We provide high quality, compassionate care and strive to be the health care provider of choice. With your help, we can do even more. When patients like you give to McLaren Flint, you help us improve the level of health care for our community and beyond.
Your gift to the Shori and Pervin Majjhoo Neuroscience Fund at McLaren Flint will support research projects, assist in purchasing equipment to support neuroscience patients at McLaren Flint, and support on-going continuing education for neuroscience staff.
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