When

Wednesday May 18, 2016 from 5:15 PM to 9:20 PM EDT
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Where

Mirro Center for Research and Innovation 
10622 Parkview Plaza Drive
Fort Wayne, IN 46845
 

 
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Contact

Cathy Ballou 
Parkview Health 
260-266-1450 
cathy.ballou@parkview.com 

9th Annual StrokeCareNowNetwork Conference 
Collaborative Partners: Fort Wayne Medical Education Program, Fort Wayne Neurological Center,
Lutheran Health Network and Parkview Health

Evening CME program designed to have case reviews and topics on various phases of stroke and post stroke care to enhance the knowledge and competencies of the learners in order to improve patient outcomes.

AGENDA
5:15 - 5:55p     Registration/Dinner/Vendor Display


5:55 - 6p          Welcome/Introduction - Rakesh Khatri, MD

6 - 6:10p          StrokeCareNowNetwork Update - Rakesh Khatri, MD 

6:10 - 6:35p     Reducing Door to Treatment Times
                        Jeffrey Nickel, MD - Professional Emergency Physician Group

6:35 - 7p          StrokeCare: A Nursing Perspective
                         Leslie Campbell, RN and HIllary McCoy, RN}

7 - 7:25p          Rehab: Low Vision
                        Faheemah  Saeed, OD

7:25 - 7:45p     Break - Vendor Display - Dessert

7:45 - 8:10p     Endovascular Stroke Treatment Simulation
                        Rakesh Khatri, MD

8:10- 8:40p      Interventional Updates and Case Study Review
                        Amit Sangvhi, MD

8:40 - 9:05p     Stroke Research Update
                        Fen Lei Chang, MD

9:05 - 9:20p     Interactive session/Evaluation

 Objectives:
1. Describe mission statement and update area of coverage  in the StrokeCareNow Network
2. Discuss utilization rates of tPA in our network
3. Discuss the present state of collaborative emergent stroke care
4. Describe collaborative processes for timely treatment
5. Identify tactics to decrease door to treatment times
6. Idenfification of aboidable complicaitons in critical and acute stroke care
7. Discuss the role of the nurse in stroke care
8. Develop strategies for adapting to visual field deficits
9. Describe interventional approaches for actue stroke tratment
10.Discuss strategies for catheter-based treatment for ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patients
11. Identify research protocols in which stroke patients in this region might be eleigible to participate

Continuing Education Credit:
- The Fort Wayne Medical Education Program is accredited by the Indiana State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
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The Fort Wayne Medical Education Program designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of

their participation in the activity.
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Parkview Health System (OH-427, 6/1/2018) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. The Indiana State Nurses Association has designated ONA as the official provider of CNE Providers and activities for Indiana. 
Nursing - Criteria for successful completion includes attendance at the entire event and submission of a completed evaluation form.

Symposium Planning Committee:
Fen-Lei Chang, MD, PhD; Cathy Ballou, Coordinator, CME; Jeanne Carroll, RN,  SrokeCareNowNetwork Research Nurse; Jan Colone, BSN, RN-BC, Director of Education, Lutheran Health; Brandy Fey, Coordinator, StrokeCareNowNetwork; Lynn Wilton, MS, RN, Clinical Nurse Specialist

Attention Nursing:
Criteria for successful completion include attendance at the entire event

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