Stroke

Our team offers a wide range of treatment options, including:

• Cerebral stenting
• Coiling or clipping of aneurysms
• Intravenous clot busting medications or thrombolytics
• Mechanical embolectomy
• Stealth-guided hematoma evacuation
• Ventricular drainage (acute and chronic)

Telemedicine gives patients access to stroke care where it might not be available and helps cut down on the critical time it takes to transfer a patient or wait for a stroke specialist to arrive at the emergency room (ER).

We serve as the hub for TriStar Health's telemedicine network. Our remote technology allows instant evaluation by a neurologist specializing in stroke care upon a patient's arrival to a TriStar emergency department.

Our stroke rehabilitation program includes physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, recreational therapy and specialized treatments, such as swallowing therapy. Our certified rehabilitation nurses and therapists have advanced training to help you or your loved one recover from a stroke.

As a part of our stroke rehabilitation, we offer access to stroke support groups. Meetings take place in the ground floor Auditorium A from 2:00pm to 3:00pm on the first Monday of each month. If the first Monday of the month is a holiday, we’ll meet on the second Monday of that month.

Having a stroke at a young age poses an array of unique challenges. You are at your most active in your younger years so naturally you want your active lifestyle back, and it is our goal to help you get there. While rehabilitation does not reverse the brain damage caused by a stroke, it can go far to help achieve the best possible outcome for long-term recovery. The Young Stroke Program is designed to address the demands of young stroke survivors and every day, we will be doing our best to get you back to doing the things you love most.

Why people choose our program

Young stroke patients cover a wide range of ages but the average age is 53 years old. We specialize in a rehab program based on what research shows is best for young stroke patients, including specific therapy treatments for reintroducing technology into your day to day living. Additionally, we provide therapy sessions in real-life settings such as a simulated kitchen, bedroom, bath, laundry and various outdoor training environments

Data based on the Uniform Data System for Medical Rehab and the Press Ganey 2019 annual report shows that:

• 16 days is the average length of stay
• 85% of patients returned to home
• 90% of patients recommend our facility

Visiting hours are from 6:00am to 8:00pm, seven days a week. Please keep in mind that our patients are periodically in and out of their rooms throughout the day, particularly while receiving therapies and at meal times.

We are here to answer your questions. Give us a call at (615) 769-7300 for more information.

Stroke is the No. 5 leading cause of death and a leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the U.S., despite stroke being largely preventable, treatable and beatable.

Getting to the Heart of Stroke focuses on:

• increasing collaboration between cardiology and neurology through identifying and disseminating quality improvement best practices;
• educating health care professionals about the latest clinical guidelines and science;
• empowering consumers to know and better manage their risk factors; and
• improving community awareness that stroke is largely preventable, treatable and beatable.