Montana Mission: Lifeline Stroke® for Healthcare Providers
What is Mission: Lifeline® Stroke?
Mission: Lifeline Stroke is a program for transforming stroke care by focusing efforts on connecting all of the components of acute stroke care into a smoothly integrated system that reinforces use of evidence-based guidelines, measures performance, identifies gaps, and engages in improvement projects at a systems level. The stroke system of care begins with community recognition and preparedness to identify stroke and continues all the way through hospital discharge, into rehabilitation and the initiation of secondary prevention. It brings together hospitals, ambulance services, non-transport medical first response agencies, emergency communications centers, emergency medical service regulatory and medical direction agencies, local government, local media, and payers to forge a proactive system of stroke care that saves and improves lives.
The foundation of this initiative was a three-year grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.
Order Sets: Stroke Toolbox
- Alteplase Admin (DOCX)
- Alteplase Guideline for Patient Selection (DOCX)
- Alternate Version MSWG Transfer Handoff Checklist (DOCX)
- ED Hemorrhagic Orders (DOCX)
- ED Stroke Alert Orders (DOCX)
- ED Stroke Alteplase Orders (DOCX)
- Hemorrhagic Admission Orders (DOCX)
- Ischemic Stroke Admission Orders (DOCX)
- MSWG Transfer Handoff Checklist (DOCX)
- MTWSG TIA Guideline (DOCX)
- Nursing Dysphagia Screen Algorithm (PDF)
- Post Thrombolytic Admission Orders (DOCX)
- Stroke Discharge planning Guide for Providers (PDF)
- Stroke Guideline Provider Letter (PDF)
- Stroke Patient Guide (PDF)
- TNK Dosing Laminate (DOCX)
- TNK One pager on cart with table (PDF)
- TNK stop sign NOT dated (DOCX)
- Tenecteplase Check List (DOCX)
Straight Talk About Stroke
Montana Video Resources
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Post stroke Depression
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Rehabilitation of the Post Acute Stroke
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A PROM posal
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Brain Injury Survivor
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Creative Discharge Planning
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Interdisciplinary Treatment Strategies
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Living Well After Stroke
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Sex and Intimacy After Stroke
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Stroke Onward – Stroke, Aphasia, and the Emotional Journey
Support for the emotional journey is critical to rebuilding meaningful lives after a stroke.
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Relationship Resilience After Stroke
Discover how a stroke can effect a couple’s relationship (and relationships with others) and learn how relationships can be a source of resilience.
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Supporting Post-acute Care Therapists at the Various Stages of Stroke Rehab
Learn how nursing staff can assist in therapy during the continuum of care for a stroke rehab patient.
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Vision Therapy
Learn techniques for vision rehabilitation from a multi-disciplinary team and the importance of vision therapy on stroke rehabilitation.
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Overcoming Rural Barriers in Implementing Quality Standards for Post-Acute Stroke Care
Explore the design, review, and implementation of the Stroke post-acute care program standards and the see the expected impact these care standards can have on stroke rehab programs.
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(Re)discovering Activities Post-Stroke
Learn about recreational therapy post stroke and how to connect with activities and hobbies that were enjoyed pre-stroke and touches upon resources available.
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Dysphagia and the Physiological Components of Speech and Language Therapy
Gain an overview of several topics related to post-stroke dysphagia in the post-acute setting.
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Stroke Resources for Providers, Patients and Caregivers
Discover education, certifications and resources for providers as well as how to ensure your stroke patients are a part of the Stroke Survivor Connections Support Group.
2024 Montana Conference Slide Decks
Handout, Montana Stroke Discharge Planning Guide for Providers (PDF)
Handout, Montana Stroke Patient Guide (PDF)
Handout Nebraska Stroke Discharge Planning Guide for Providers - DC Planning Guide AHA (PDF)
Handout, Nebraska Stroke Patient Guide (PDF)
Handout, Post-stroke Depression (PDF)
Handout, ReStoreD Study Information Flyer (PDF)
Handout, Sex and Intimacy After Stroke (PDF)
Handout, Standardized Assessments Used in Stroke Rehab 2023 AAD (PDF)
Slides, A Team Approach to Stroke Rehabilitation MPawloski (PDF)
Slides, Certified Brain Injury Specialist (CBIS) (PDF)
Slides, Creative Discharge Planning Tools and Tips (PDF)
Slides, Living Well after Stroke Beyond Traditional Post-Acute Stroke Care (PDF)
Slides, Post Stroke Depression (PDF)
Slides, Sex and Intimacy after Stroke (PDF)
Slides, Treatment Strategies for Pusher Syndrome Visual Inattention (PDF)
News:
- Rural residents, American Indians travel farthest for certified stroke care
- Stroke deaths rise in rural areas, hold steady in cities
- Risk of second stroke can be reduced with prevention efforts based on cause of first stroke
- Billings Gazette: $4.8M grant to expand stroke care in rural Montana
- Great Falls Tribune: State gets $4.8M grant to improve stroke care in rural Montana
- Bitterroot Star: Former Star columnist featured in launch of $4.8 million stroke initiative
- Obesity during adolescence linked to increased risk of stroke as an adult
- Managing children’s weight, blood pressure & cholesterol protects brain function mid-life
- Women face unique risks for high blood pressure and stroke
Contact Us
Joani Guzman
Mission: Lifeline Montana
American Heart Association
Billings, MT 59102
(406) 671-1640
Janna Pietrzak
Mission: Lifeline Stroke Montana, Post-Acute Care
(701) 730-3305
Gary W. Myers, MS
Quality, Outcomes, Research and Analytics (QORA)
(605) 675-9446