• 1. Activate by calling x8888 and saying: "I would like to activate a Stroke Alert in the Emergency Department."

• 2. Write down the time that it is called overhead. 

     • Start the stroke timer as soon as its called overhead. 

• 3. Write down what time the pt reaches the launchpad/ED room

     • If this patient has been in the ED for a while, you can just leave this spot blank on the checklist.

• 4. Write down what time the patient leaves for CT and with which RN. 

• 5. Write down the time CT calls with first results

     • You will receive a call from Vision Radiology.

• 6. Write down the time CT calls with final results

     • Vision Radiology might not call a second time

       • If they don't call again, write the time that they fax the report to us. 

• 7. If the doc tells you to call the neurologist, you need their Name, time you paged them, and time they called back. 

     • If they don't tell you to call the neurologist, you can ask them and skip this step.

• 8. Chart Details in Stroke Binder, AdHoc & Special Comments. 

9. Have charge sign stroke checklist and put it in the back office.