45. • Admitting
– Patient identification
– Registration
– Room assign
• EMS
– Delivers patient to room
– Reports to nursing
• Nursing
– IV placement
– Monitor hook-up
– Vital sign monitoring
– Blood glucose
– Lab draw
– Weight estimate of patient
• Clinical Assessment
– History
– Medications/allergies
– Identification of witness
– Time of onset/last normal
– Witnesses difficult to locate
• Clinical Assessment (cont.)
– NIHSS
– Neurological Exam
• Labs
– PT/PTT, CBC, Creatinine
– Emergent transport of bloods to
lab
• Imaging
– Disconnect from monitor
– Transport patient to CT
– CT scan
– Transport from CT to room
– Reconnect to monitoring
• Drug Preparation
– Order tPA
– Calculate tPA dose
– Prepare tPA
• Bolus and infuse tPA
ISC 2012 New Orleans
Problem #1: Overwhelming # of tasks to complete in 60 min
46. 1
2 3 4 5
6
Emergent Unit 1
Nursing Station
Trauma Critical Care
CT
CT
Ambulance Bay
Problem #2: Inefficient choreography
ISC 2012 New Orleans
47. Problem #3: Labs take too long
• Labs needed for tPA
– Platelets
– INR (PT/PTT)
– Blood glucose
• On average, in
2010, it took 33 min
to get results after
ordering labs
ISC 2012 New Orleans
51. Show Chwan model
Stroke TPA Action Treatment group (STAT)
Within the guidance of NHI:
<3 hours, many outdated exclusion
Rearrange the workflow
STAT team member training
52. Suggestion
Triage dispatching
Inform neurologist (get the mobile phone number of
the ambulance)
Arrange admission and registration
ICU booking
Check CT room
Inform Point of care lab staff (INR, glucose, platelet)
53. Suggestion
ER doctor
Check list and pre-ordered order
Verify duration
Check vital signs
Basic NE: MP, Babinski
POC video demo if needed (out of hour
neurologist)
54. Video source and permit signing
Signature from 2 patient’s family or friends
Telephone if needed (and document on the permit)
Sign permit if no one is available after consult social
worker to document the condition and start TPA
55. Neurologist
In hours:
Immediate evaluation including signing document
and explanation
Out of hours:
Evaluate the patient with ambulance staff via
mobile phone
Point of care video neurological examination
56. ER nurse
Check vital signs and body weight
Set big IV line and 3tubes (vein)
Prepare IV pump for TPA
0.9*BW (1cc=1mg, max 90mg)
1st min: rate: x cc *60, volume: x cc
1 hour: rate: y cc, volume: y cc
57. ER logistics
Direct from ambulance stretch to CT
bed
IV, blood sampling, vital signs
Body weight, quick (video) NE
58. Question
Point of care INR and STAT CBC/PLT
When to initiate IA thrombolytics?
If <6 hours (Do MRI with MRA)
If personnel available
If basilar artery occlusion