Stroke Seminar

Stroke Seminar is organized by American Seminar Institute (ASI).

Course(s) are Appropriate for:
Subspecialist Physicians, Family Practitioners, Internists, General Practitioners, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants (PA-C's)

Description:
Series 3 (STRK3) Topics Include:
FAST-ED Protocol, Common Causes and Mechanisms, Diagnosing Mild Stroke, Antiplatelet Therapy, Poststroke Depression, and more. 

Course Topics:
Stroke Management
Implement the FAST-ED protocol for patients with suspected stroke; Elaborate on ethical issues surrounding consent for, and use of, tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) in patients with stroke; Recognize presentations of, risk factors for, and causes of stroke in children; Identify conditions that mimic stroke in pediatric patients; Establish protocols for the diagnosis of stroke in children.

Neurology Update
Define stupor, coma, and delirium; Distinguish between dementia and delirium; Ascertain the underlying cause of acutely altered mental status; Manage a patient with acute ischemic stroke; Summarize the findings of recent trials that evaluated the efficacy and safety of thrombectomy up to 24 hours after acute ischemic stroke.

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Secondary Prevention of Stroke /dietary Calcium
Recognize common causes and mechanisms of stroke; Differentiate among subtypes of stroke based on signs and symptoms; Select effective strategies for secondary prevention of stroke; Provide guidance to help patients meet their goals for dietary intake of calcium; Identify risks associated with calcium supplementation.

Stroke Prevention/rare Causes of Stroke
Manage risk factors in patients with a history of stroke; Prescribe effective treatment regimens to reduce the risk for recurrent ischemic events; Weigh the risks and benefits of antithrombotic therapies for the prevention of stroke; Diagnose underlying disease in patients with recurrent stroke despite appropriate management; Identify red flags that are suggestive of rare causes of stroke.

Mild and Rapidly Improving Stroke/stroke Prevention
Use standardized scales and criteria to diagnose mild stroke; Determine whether deficits in patients with mild stroke should be considered disabling; Identify patients with rapidly improving symptoms after stroke who may benefit from tissue plasminogen activator therapy; Optimize treatment of hypertension in patients who require secondary stroke prevention; Set appropriate lipid-lowering targets for patients at high risk for cardiovascular events.

Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Three Perspectives
Distinguish among screening tools used by paramedics for the prehospital identification of ICH; Characterize interventions that can reduce prehospital deterioration in patients with ICH; Predict risk for recurrent stroke or thromboembolism based on the etiology of ICH; Recommend appropriate secondary stroke prevention therapies for patients with ICH; Identify patients who are appropriate candidates for minimally invasive evacuation of ICH.

Stroke/chronic Cough
Recognize the risks and benefits of antiplatelet therapy for secondary stroke prevention; Compare the efficacy of endarterectomy and carotid stent placement in patients with asymptomatic stenosis; Identify stroke patients who may benefit from reperfusion therapy on the basis of time of stroke onset and other clinical findings; Recognize common causes of chronic cough; Select an appropriate neuromodulator therapy for refractory chronic cough.

Optimizing Stroke Systems of Care/ Pediatric Neurology
Recognize a large vessel occlusion in a patient with stroke; Cite targeted stroke recommendations, including door-in to door-out times; Optimize treatment of adrenoleukodystrophy; Explain the mechanism of disease of Fragile X Syndrome; Identify COL4A1-related disease in a pediatric patient.

Poststroke Treatment
Identify the differential diagnosis in a patient with symptoms of poststroke depression; Assess a patient?s risk for depression after a stroke based on the location of the cerebral lesion; Provide patients with effective nonpharmacologic options to treat poststroke depression; Recognize mechanisms of neuroplasticity that underlie the recovery of motor function after stroke; Maximize the role of exercise and nutrition in recovery after stroke.

Stroke and Telemedicine/ Neuropsychological Considerations of Parkinson Disease
Use telestroke in the assessment of stroke; List benefits of using telestroke; Cite the cognitive impairments associated with PD; Identify risk for cognitive impairment in PD; Plan management strategies for cognitive impairment in PD.