Florida Select "Comprehensive Stroke Center"
Florida’s Agency of Healthcare Administration (AHCA)has designated Sarasota Memorial as one of Florida's 17 “Comprehensive Stroke Centers” and the only one in the Suncoast region. As a state-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, Sarasota Memorial can provide a wider range of advanced treatment options, neuro and emergency specialists and comprehensive services beyond the scope of primary stroke centers. Studies show that 30 to 35 percent of stroke patients suffer complex stroke types, severe deficits or multiple organs affected that require the higher level of care offered in Comprehensive Stroke Centers.
Sarasota Memorial has been certified “with distinction” by the Joint Commission for National Quality Approval and given its “Gold Seal of Approval” for providing the greatest breadth and depth of specialists and advanced services for stroke patients. The hospital has achieved recognition as a Center of Distinction from Cigna for Craniotomy and Stroke Care. And is recipient of HealthGrades Stroke Care Excellence Award 5 years in a row (2009-2013).
Emergency Stroke Specialties Unique to Sarasota Memorial include: • Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration – board certified, specialty trained physicians in Stroke Neurology, Vascular Neurosurgery and Endovascular Neuroradiology collaborating in complicated surgeries and cases. • State-of-the-art endovascular, neurosurgical, neuroimaging and neurointensivist therapies (such as brain glue, coils, and implanted pellets) and cerebrovascular blood clot removal/repair of abnormal intracranial blood vessels. • Ongoing participation in prestigious stroke-specific national and international clinical trials, including advanced hypothermia treatments for ischemic stroke patients and innovative use of rtPA to treat bleeding caused by hemorrhagic strokes.
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