Patient Education
Helping Patients Help Themselves

The healthcare professional's most valuable ally in stroke treatment and prevention is the patient. The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association offers a wide range of patient information, tools and resources online including:

Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke information for caregivers of stroke patients recurring event reduction support stroke support group information Stroke Connection magazine

Get With The Guidelines®-HF patient information sheets and brochures patient logs and trackers personal stories from heart failure survivors heart failure e-newsletter

Get With The Guidelines also offers a collection of smoking-cessation resources for healthcare professionals who want to help patients kick the habit.

Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease

Case study – LeHigh Valley

Templates: Chart stickers and referral pledge cards

Stages of change outline that helps identify readiness levels

Making hospital-wide system level change

Sample counseling process

Motivational Interview for patients not yet ready to quit

Smoking cessation resource list

Patient Education information