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• Stroke Guidelines and Best Practices Resource Guide
• Minnesota EMS and ED Stroke Consensus Statement
• Stroke Awareness and Education Resource Toolkit
  
• Public Service Announcements (PSAs) and Videos
• Stroke Awareness Print Materials
• Primary Stroke Centers List and Map
• CARF-Accredited Stroke Rehabilitation Programs
• Stroke and Risk Factor Education Materials in Many Languages
• Hmong Language Stroke Education Materials
• Stroke Survivor Resources
• Caregiver Resources
  

Stroke Guidelines and Best Practices Resource Guide

The Stroke Guidelines and Best Practices Resources Guide is a comprehensive list of peer-reviewed articles and web resources describing the prevention, emergency care, clinical treatment, medical management, and rehabilitation medicine for stroke.  Selected and reviewed by an expert panel representing neurology, rehabilitation medicine, neuroscience nursing, emergency nursing, and emergency medical services, the resources listed here were approved for publication by the Minnesota Stroke Partnership Steering Committee in May 2012. Updated April 2013.

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Minnesota EMS and ED Stroke Consensus Statement

The Minnesota EMS and ED Stroke Consensus Statement includes key principles for acute care management of patients presenting with stroke symptoms to hospitals in the state of Minnesota.  This statement includes recommendations for identification of stroke patients including facility capacities and transfers in addition to evidence-based interventions for ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke management.  It was developed to be applicable to all Minnesota hospital emergency departments regardless of hospital size and/or location. Updated May 2012.

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Stroke Awareness and Education Resource Toolkit

This toolkit was created in 2009 as a resource guide for health educators to increase awareness of the signs and symptoms of stroke. It summarizes the free and fee-based materials available on the web and in print, and provides ideas for starting a stroke education campaign in your community. The toolkit includes direct links to websites with further information and materials, including those in other languages. We welcome your feedback on ways to improve this tool. Please click here to download the Stroke Awareness and Education Resource Toolkit (PDF: 976 KB/27 pages). Updated April 2013.

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Public Service Announcements (PSAs) and Videos

These Public Service Announcements and Videos from the Minnesota Department of Health, the American Heart Association and the Ad Council are available for use by anyone. You can download videos off of YouTube for free using a website called www.keepvid.com.  Just paste the url of your video in the gray bar, and click the little gray “download” button on the right. Do NOT click the big Download/Upload buttons. Then Right Click on the file format video you want, and Save As.

Minnesota Department of Health

• It's One-sided: Stroke Signs & Symptoms (0:55)

American Heart Association, Twin Cities Chapter

• Stroke Signs & Symptoms - Minnesota PSA (0:30)
• Power to End Stroke - Minnesota Stroke Survivors Speak Out (4:24)

American Heart Association with the Ad Council

• Body Language (0:60)
• Body Language (0:30)
• Wedding (0:60)
• Wedding (0:30)
  

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Stroke Awareness Print Materials

In partnership with the Minnesota Stroke Association and Minnesota Department of Health, the Minnesota Stroke Partnership has developed two tip cards and a poster.  One tip card features the Act FAST graphic and additional information about stroke signs & symptoms.  The second tip card provides tips on how to prevent a stroke.  Both of these messages are combined in the poster.

You can either choose the Standard versions with the Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Stroke Association, and Minnesota Stroke Partnership logos, or choose to the Open Logo versions which can be co-branded with a hospital or organization name as long as the Minnesota Stroke Association and Minnesota Stroke Partnership logos are unaltered. Released in April 2013.

Standard Versions

• Act FAST Tip Card (PDF: 528 KB/1 page)
• Prevent Stroke Tip Card (PDF: 342 KB/1 page)
• Act FAST & Prevent Stroke Poster (PDF: 368 KB/1 page)
  (Print at 11x17 minimum)

Open Logo Versions

• Act FAST Tip Card (PDF: 517 KB/1 page)
• Prevent Stroke Tip Card (PDF: 342 KB/1 page)
• Act FAST & Prevent Stroke Poster (PDF: 364 KB/1 page)
  (Print at 11x17 minimum)

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Primary Stroke Centers List and Map

Click here for a map of Certified Primary Stroke Centers in Minnesota and bordering areas of adjacent states.

As of April 2013, the Primary Stroke Centers shown on this map are:

• Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Minneapolis)
  
• Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center (Duluth)
• Fairview Southdale Hospital (Edina)
• Hennepin County Medical Center (Minneapolis)
• Mayo Clinic - St. Marys Hospital (Rochester)
• Mercy Hospital (Coon Rapids)
• North Memorial Medical Center (Robbinsdale)
• Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital (St. Louis Park)
• Regions Hospital (St. Paul)
• St. Cloud Hospital (St. Cloud)
• St. John's Hospital (Maplewood)
• St. Joseph's Hospital (St. Paul)
• University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview (Minneapolis)
• United Hospital (St. Paul)
• Unity Hospital (Fridley)
• Woodwinds Hospital (Woodbury)
• Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa (Mason City, IA)
  
• Essentia Health Fargo (Fargo, ND)
• Sanford Medical Center Fargo (Fargo, ND)
• Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center (Sioux Falls, SD)
• Sanford USD Medical Center (Sioux Falls, SD)
• Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center (La Crosse, WI)
  
• Mayo Clinic Health System - Franciscan Healthcare (La Crosse, WI)

A full list of Primary Stroke Centers is also available at websites for the three main healthcare accreditation organizations:

• The Joint Commission
• Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)
• DNV Healthcare

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CARF-Accredited Stroke Rehabilitation Programs

The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) is an independent, nonprofit accreditor of health and human services, including stroke specialty programs in medical rehabilitation. As of October 2012, the following facilities in and near Minnesota have CARF accreditation for their inpatient stroke speciality programs:

• Mayo Clinic Rehabilitation Unit at St. Marys Hospital (Rochester)
• Miland E. Knapp Rehabilitation Center of Hennepin County Medical Center (Minneapolis)
• Miller-Dwan Rehabilitation Center at Essentia Health Duluth (Duluth)
• Minneapolis VA Health Care System: Physical Medicine and Rehab (Minneapolis)
• Park Nicollet Health Services (St. Louis Park)
• Regions Hospital Rehabilitation Institute (St. Paul)
• Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Minneapolis)
• Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute at United Hospital (St. Paul)
• Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center (Sioux Falls, SD)
• Sanford USD Medical Center (Sioux Falls, SD)
• Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center Rehabilitation Services (La Crosse, WI)

A full list of CARF-accredited stroke specialty programs in a variety of settings is also available on the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities' website, www.carf.org.

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Stroke and Risk Factor Education Materials in Many Languages

Health Information Translations
Print education materials on Stroke, High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, Atrial Fibrillation, and dozens of other topics are available in more than a dozen languages, including English, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. In addition, there are Windows Media Files for Stroke, High Blood Pressure and Cholesterol in American Sign Language. Created by the Ohio State University Medical Center, Ohio Health, the Mount Carmel Foundation, and Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

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Hmong Language Stroke Education Materials

Healthy Roads Media
Print, multimedia, and audio education materials in Hmong, created in a collaboration with HmongHealth.org and funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, and the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Stroke Survivor Resources

National Stroke Association Online Resource Directory
Sponsored by the National Stroke Association, this online directory provides a listing of services for stroke survivors and caregivers.

MedLine Plus Go Local Minnesota Health Resource Directory
Co-sponsored by the University of Minnesota, Mayo Clinic, National Institutes of Health, and the National Library of Medicine, this online directory provides a listing of health and medical services in Minnesota, including for stroke.

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Caregiver Resources

This stroke rehabilitation education handout, "Caregiver Tips for Working with a Stroke Survivor", was created in partnership with the Minnesota Stroke Association, and is available in English, Russian, Somali and Hmong.

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