What a Designated Stroke Center Means for YOU
Specialized stroke centers are found to decrease mortality and improve
outcomes for stroke.
Upstate's Stroke Center Offers
Life-Saving Differences! 
Essentials of a Designated Stroke Center
- Strong Medical Leadership
- Strong Nursing Leadership
- Advanced technology
- Specialized neuroscience nursing units (ICU, stepdown/stroke, medical-surgical)
- Proven patient care protocols for all forms of stroke and cerebral vascular accidents
- Community Support
(e.g., Emergency Medical Service Organizations, American Heart/Stroke Association) - Aggressive Community Education
- Stroke Care Resources
- Administrative Support
- Specialty services
Expertise
- Board-Certified Neurologists
- Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Attending Physicians On-Duty 24-7
- Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology coverage 24/7
- Neuro-Interventional Radiology Specialists
- Specialized Neuroscience Nurses
- Board-Certified Physiatrists and onsite residency in Rehabilitation Medicine
- Skilled Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists
- Certified Stroke Team
Technology
- State-of-the-Art, 64-slice CT scanner located in the Emergency Department
- Additional CT Scanner available in radiology
- Comprehensive digital imaging capabilities
- Computerized Physician Order Entry system for optimum accuracy
- 24-7 Neurointerventional radiology capability to treat beyond the 3-hr. "clotbuster window"
- 24-7 Stroke telemedicine to support outlying hospitals in diagnosis and treatment of stroke
Specialty Services
- OR, Trauma Team available 24/7
- On-site 30 bed Acute Rehabilitation unit
- Neuro-Interventional Radiology Services
- Dedicated 24/7 Neurointerventional RN and technologist coverage
- Regional Reference Lab
- Education
