Section 2: ED EVT Centre

Currently, there are ten (10) hospitals providing EVT; Seven (7) hospitals provide EVT twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and the remaining three organizations offer limited access dependent on EVT specialist’s availability.

Protocols / Tools

General Resources:

Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations - Inclusion criteria for EVT therapy
CorHealth – Ontario EVT Centre Criteria
CorHealth Briefing Note – Referring Site/Receiving Site Responsibilities
KGH – Roles and Responsibilities Chart for Stroke Activation
KGH – rationale guidelines for the use of IV tPA and EVT
Patient/Family educational pamphlet on mechanical Thrombectomy

tPA:

Acute Stroke with tPA Order Set – KGH
tPA order set – TOH
Admission orders after tPA – TOH

EVT:

Interventional Radiology Procedure order set – KGH
Angiography Sheath Removal Order Set – KGH
Interventional Radiology Post Procedure Order Set – KGH
Post endovascular treatment order set – TOH
EVT Patient Flow Process Map – KGH
Adult Procedural Sedation Policy – KGH
Stroke EVT Tray Set Up – KGH

Presentations / Videos

London Health Sciences – Thrombectomy treatment in Neuroradiology: “What Nursing Staff Need to Know”

Websites

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Articles

Saltman, A., Silver, F., & Fang, J. (2015). Care and outcomes of patients with in-hospital stroke. JAMA Neurology, 72(7), 749-755.
American Society of Neuroradiology. (2016). Training guidelines for endovascular ischemic stroke intervention: An international multi-society consensus document. AJNR.