The Stroke Center
The Stroke Center at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
If you experience any stroke warning signs or recognize them in someone else - don’t delay. DIAL 911 immediately. Treatment can be more effective if given quickly. Every second counts.
Stroke is the nation's third leading killer and the leading cause of disability. Stroke damage can be minimized and even reversed depending on how soon you get help. The Stroke Center at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is a multi-disciplinary team of professionals who specialize in the rapid diagnosis and treatment of stroke.
About The Stroke Center
The Stroke Center at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital offers comprehensive, compassionate, state-of-the-art care for people who have had a stroke or other critical neurologic conditions.
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What the Stroke Center Offers
- Team consisting of neurologists, emergency medicine physicians, neurosurgeons, radiologists, speech pathologists, physical therapists, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, occupational therapists, EMTs and paramedics all trained in stroke care.
- Brain Attack Response Team accessible 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week in the Emergency Department, able to quickly diagnose and treat stroke. Team also includes radiologist, neuroradiologist, CT technicians and pharmacist.
- Neuroradiologists, interventional neuroradiologists and neurosurgeons available 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week.
- Rapid administration of the clot-busting drug, t-PA, for acute ischemic stroke.
- Endovascular approaches available such as carotid stenting, intracranial stenting, angioplasty, aneurysm coiling.
- 29-bed stroke unit equipped with monitoring telemetry and step-down beds. On-site rehabilitation department. Nursing staff specially trained in providing care for ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.
- Round-the-clock neuroimaging technology. Latest diagnostic technology including rapidly available computer tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), PET, SPECT, conventional angiography, ultrasound, transcranial Doppler, and neurointervention.
- Ongoing educational services for all levels of health care professionals.
- Research. Clinicians in the stroke center are active in ongoing clinical research and collaborate with scientists from many and varied disciplines to determine why strokes occur, who is at risk for stroke, how best to diagnose and evaluate a stroke patient, what is the best management and how can recovery be stimulated.
If you experience any stroke warning signs or recognize them in someone else - don’t delay. DIAL 911 immediately. Treatment can be more effective if given quickly. Every second counts.
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