STROKE PROGRAM
Stroke Program Overview
Beverly and Addison Gilbert Hospitals'
Stroke Program
978 922-3000, ext. 3278
Beverly and Addison Gilbert hospitals' Stroke Program has been
awarded the American Heart Association/American Stroke
Association's Get with the Guidelines® Stroke Silver Plus
Performance Achievement Award, an award that recognizes the
hospitals' success in delivering stroke care of the highest level
according to nationally accepted standards and recommendations. As
designated Primary Stroke Service hospitals and members of both the
American Stroke Association: Get with the Guidelines Program and
the SCORE (Stroke COllaborative
Reaching for Excellence)
initiatives, Beverly and Addison Gilbert hospitals' Stroke Program
encompasses a multi-faceted approach to care. It includes:
- Community education to help individuals recognize the risk
factors, signs and symptoms of stroke, as well as the importance of
calling 911 when stroke stymptoms are present
- Collaboration with the community's emergency medical
technicians and paramedics
- An exceptional, multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurses
and others who are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and are
trained to diagnose stroke and administer the most effective life-
and brain-saving treatment quickly
- A partnership with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for
patients who require neurosurgery or other highly specialized
treatments
- Help for individuals who need to manage stroke risk factors
such as smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol
and obesity
- Ongoing monitoring, care and counseling for patients who have
had a stroke
- Full range of outpatient-based rehabilitative services for the
neurologically impaired including speech, occupational and physical
therapy services.
Beverly and Addison Gilbert hospitals' Stroke Program is a prime
example of how North Shore residents benefit from the hospital
staff members' ability to combine their genuine care and concern
for each and every patient with their knowledge, expertise and
access to the most advanced treatment options. The Stroke Program
is truly at The
Leading Edge of Caring.
Our Neurologists
