Highlights from this year
include:
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| Geneviève |
Stroke
and pregnancy: The last thing you expect to happen when you’re pregnant is
to have a stroke. A new Heart & Stroke study featured
at the Congress revealed that stroke in women during pregnancy is three times
higher than stroke in non-pregnant woman of the same age. The study’s team also
released a medical consensus statement with management considerations for healthcare professionals in
treating woman with stroke prior to, during, and right after pregnancy. Geneviève was six months
pregnant when she had a stroke. Read her story HERE
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Stroke
survivor the
Honourable Senator
Murray
Sinclair
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Personal reflections
on Indigenous health in Canada: Former chair of the Truth
and Reconciliation Commission and stroke survivor the Honourable Senator Murray Sinclair opened the Congress by
sharing his personal experience with stroke and his personal
thoughts on the need for health reconciliation.
Canada’s first stroke
ambulance makes a stop at Stroke Congress! The first of its kind in
the world to focus on rural stroke care, the University of Alberta Hospital’s stroke ambulance ·
is dispatched when a rural
site contacts a stroke neurologist for a telestroke consult within 250 km of
Edmonton. Staffed by a highly trained team including a paramedic, registered
nurse, CT technician and stroke physician, this mobile stroke centre can be sent directly to a patient’s
location, allowing for on-board brain scans, direct audio and video connections
to the hospital’s stroke team, and the
ability to administer clot-busting drugs. |
| Hnatyshyn Lecturer Dr. Frank Silver |
Key moments in advancing acute stroke care for all Canadians: The Hnatyshyn Lecture honours a top stroke researcher for significant contributions to stroke over their career. This year’s lecturer Dr. Frank Silver looked at milestones in stroke treatment over the last 30 years, with a special look at how telestroke increases access to stroke care for people outside of large urban areas ‒and at how we could reap incredible benefits by moving this model into other parts of stroke care and recovery.
