"When a patient fails the Yale Swallow Protocol, can an RN repeat it if the patient's condition improves? Is there a required waiting interval? And if the patient was made NPO after failing, does the RN need a provider order to repeat the screen, or must ...

I have 3 sites with only 1 scanner......so we do run into that issue sometimes. We own our own inter-facility transport, so we do place an ambulance at the facility with the down scanner in case of walk-in strokes. We also try to utilize ...

Hi Rachel Our APP’s place all EVDs at our hospital (Level I trauma and Comprehensive Stroke). We have a very robust training and simulation for initial onboarding and ongoing competency. This has been in place for over 5-6 years now with no safety issues ...