Connecting with your Community: Highlighting Kathy Fenelon
During this challenging time, we are especially appreciative of the work our Florida Stroke Registry partners do to make the world a better place. This month, we are excited to highlight our FSR colleague Kathy Fenelon and her efforts teaching English as a Second Language (ESL).
Email us at flstrokeregistry@miami.edu to share how you give back to your community or to nominate someone to be featured!
*Deadline extended to June 19!* Submit your abstracts to the 2020 AHA Scientific Sessions
The AHA Scientific Sessions program will be held November 14-16, 2020 in Dallas, Texas, with virtual attendance and participation options available.
- Abstracts must be submitted by Friday, June 19th at 6 PM CT
- Registration opens June 17th for members, June 24th for non-members
- Visit the conference website for additional details
COVID-19 and stroke: Resource round-up #3!
In the interest of compiling recent articles, news items and other updates related to COVID-19 and stroke, we wanted to share our third resource round-up. We hope the below resources will be useful to you! Please send suggestions to flstrokeregistry@miami.edu.
- Neurologist Dr. David Z. Rose of University of South Florida recent interview regarding stroke census, COVID-19 and stroke symptoms, and the hazards of delaying care
- University of Missouri School of Medicine neurologist Dr. Adnan I. Qureshi led a team of international stroke experts to develop updated recommendations for the treatment of stroke patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19. The findings were also recently published in the International Journal of Stroke.
- Recently-published correspondence in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests a 39% decrease in the number of patients evaluated for acute stroke at U.S. hospitals, when comparing current data to pre-pandemic numbers.
- EMS World has many relevant upcoming and archived webinars on COVID-19 and pre-hospital care
- This recent journal article discusses important considerations related to health disparities and COVID-19: Haynes Norrisa, Cooper Lisa A., Albert Michelle A. At the Heart of the Matter: Unmasking and Addressing COVID-19’s Toll on Diverse Populations. Circulation. Published 4 May 2020. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.048126
- Another noteworthy case study published in NEJM Correspondence: Large-Vessel Stroke as a Presenting Feature of Covid-19 in the Young
- A collection of excellent resources from the recently (virtually) held AHA Southeast Professional Forum on Stroke and COVID-19:
- Recorded Webinar (password: 4b#p7C4d)
- Presentation slides (downloads as PDF)
- Questions & Answers (downloads as PDF)
- Patient follow-up call script (downloads as PDF)
- Caregiver Support and COVID-19 (downloads as PDF)
- AHA COVID-19 graphic on calling 911 ( Spanish )
- AHA COVID-19 graphic on calling 911 ( English )
