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Important new information about the rapid diagnosis and treatment of acute stroke is provided in this section. This includes research studies and articles from healthcare publications, as well as data, advice, guidelines, and recommendations sourced from Coalition members.

  • Stroke Symptoms Guide

    • Brain Attack Coalition members devised a list of stroke symptoms to be used in educating people on how to recognize the signs of a stroke.
  • Establishing a Stroke Center

    • The Brain Attack Coalition has authored two papers outlining guidelines for stroke centers - one for primary stroke centers (published June 2000 in JAMA) and one for comprehensive stroke centers (published July 2005 in Stroke).
American Academy of Neurology American Association of Neurological Surgeons
American Association of Neuroscience Nurses American College of Emergency Physicians
American Society of Neuroradiology American Stroke Association, a Division of American Heart Association
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Congress of Neurological Surgeons
National Association of EMS Physicians National Association of State EMS Officials
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Stroke Association
Neurocritical Care Society Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery
Stroke Belt Consortium Veterans Administration