Stroke and Cerebral Vascular Care
Minimizing delays is a crucial step in improving outcomes with acute stroke therapies whose efficacy is clearly time dependent. Logistic and human barriers to rapid stroke care can be overcome with a systematic “Code Stroke” approach provided by a structured multi-disciplinary acute stroke response team. In Middle Tennessee, the most advanced interventions are available at TriStar Skyline Medical Center — the state’s 1st nationally recognized Primary Stroke Center. Our stroke program has been certified by the Joint Commission and given its “Gold Seal of Approval” for providing the greatest breadth and depth of specialists and advanced services for stroke patients.
The Neuroscience Center at TriStar Skyline Medical Center is at the forefront of stroke diagnosis, treatment and prevention. By partnering with many local hospitals, we can offer an extraordinary continuum of stroke care that begins in the emergency room and continues in the outpatient setting.
Acute Stroke Treatment
When patients have suffered a stroke, specialized care continues in our Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit. Nurses in these units have expertise in neurological assessments and provide comprehensive care and education to patients and their families.
- Ischemic Stroke
- IV tPA
- Intra-arterial tPA
- Mechanical embolectomy (Merci or Penumbra)
- Cerebral stenting
- Hemorrhagic Stroke
- Coiling and clipping of aneurysms
- Stealth-guided hematoma evacuation
- Ventricular drainage (acute and chronic)
Our Acute Stroke Team Includes:
- EMS providers
- Neurologists
- Neurosurgeons
- Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologists
- Emergency Physicians
- Hemorrhagic Stroke
- Neuro-interventionalists
