Stroke and Stroke Care QI Newsletter released

The Maine EMS QA/QI Committee is proud to share with you the new QI newsletter. 

In 2020, cerebrovascular accidents were the fifth leading cause of death in the State of Maine, with 694 deaths and a mortality rate of 33 deaths per 100,000 people. It is critical that Emergency Medical Dispatchers (EMDs) and EMS clinicians can readily identify strokes within the field to successfully activate the complex response systems that are in place to provide treatment and care. In 2001, Congress funded the establishment of the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry (now Paul Coverdell National Stroke Program) in memory of the late U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell of Georgia, who suffered a fatal stroke.

Seven performance measures pertain to Maine EMS:

  • Duration of On-Scene Time;
  • Glucose Measurement;
  • Pre-Notification of Receiving Stroke Facility;
  • Completion and Documentation of a Stroke Screening;
  • Last Known Well Documentation;
  • Documentation of Time of Discovery; and
  • Completion of the Thrombolytic Checklist.

Please consider taking the time to read the newsletter and share it widely.

Summer 2022 QI Newsletter - Stroke and Stroke Care (PDF) (September 28, 2022)