05/21/2024
In 2019, I had the opportunity to attend the annual Neuroscience Symposium at the hospital I was working at where I learned enough to make my head hurt!
We lose 2 million neurons for every minute of oxygen deprivation?😳 I knew time is brain but I didn’t realize it was THAT much brain THAT fast!
I loved the opportunity to learn all things neuro, but my absolute favorite was listening to , Dr. May Nour, who later joined me for a live to show off the Mobile Stroke Unit!
Talk about a badass, genius, life-saving, world-changing woman! I felt ALIVE after listening to her speak with so much enthusiasm and brilliance. She’s part of the team that’s bringing to stroke unit to the patient, literally. Their unit has CT/CTA capabilities, meets the patient where ever they may be, and allows them to cut the time from last known well to tPA initiation SIGNIFICANTLY and get patients directly from their unit to the angio suite for a thrombectomy, if needed. We all know that TIME IS BRAIN! This is HUGE for these patients!
After my dad’s stroke that same year, I learned from a personal perspective how stressful it can be when the clock is ticking and you have to wait for the ambulance and then wait for the helicopter and then wait for anything else that may be an obstacle between the patient and the hospital. I waited 3 hours from the time my dad’s symptoms started until I got to lay eyes on him in my hospital. Not only did he continue to lose neurons, I’m pretty sure those three hours shaved a few years off of my life! 😩😬😫
Advances in medicine, like the Mobile Stroke Unit, will NEVER stop amazing me! And women like Dr. Nour are at the forefront!
Join me in spreading awareness about stroke this month!
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