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Mobile stroke units

American Nurse

Bringing stroke diagnosis and treatment to your front door. Takeaways: Mobile stroke units (MSUs) are specialized ambulances equipped to evaluate, diagnose, and treat strokes in the prehospital environment. As a trained healthcare professional, you recognize that he may be experiencing a stroke and dial 911.

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Timing in Acute Stroke Management: Two Analyses Offer Nuanced Insights for Further Study

Consult QD

Timing is paramount in treating acute ischemic stroke, but nuanced questions around the timing of certain assessments and interventions remain. Imaging assistance should help eliminate arbitrary time restrictions for acute stroke.” However, less is known about the safety and efficacy of MT beyond 24 hours after last known normal.

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Breaking barriers: Nursing education in a wheelchair

American Nurse

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 receive credit for advancing the rights of people with disabilities in the United States, including employment rights. The condition progressed to loss of lower-limb mobility. She wasn’t allowed into the neonatal intensive care unit due to her chair.

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Risk stratification of CVD in type 2 diabetes

American Nurse

Based on evidence that proves early counseling and interventions help reduce modifiable cardiovascular risks associated with HTN, heart attack, and stroke, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, along with Healthy People 2020, also strongly suggest consistent ambulatory cardiovascular risk screenings in adults with T2DM.

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A warming planet and human health

American Nurse

As the most trusted profession in the United States, nurses play a pivotal role in helping people achieve and maintain good health, even in a warming world. Extreme heat can increase blood viscosity and worsen dehydration, raising the risk of heart attack or stroke. Diabetes intersects with climate breakdown in several ways.

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How Does Climate Change Impact Our Patients?

Consult QD

Climate change and health: Resources for patients Cardiovascular health and climate Heat is the leading weather-related killer in the United States and is implicated in deaths caused by cardiovascular disease, 9,10 and more than one-third of deaths worldwide are attributable to climate change. United States Environmental Protection Agency.

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Eight Places an Occupational Therapist Can Work

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

From helping an elderly patient relearn skills after a stroke to aiding a professional recover their strength after a workplace injury, OTs provide invaluable support to people of all ages—and can enjoy a rewarding career in the process. United States Census Bureau, “What is Rural America?”,