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Southside Hospital Because time is so critical, we’re proud to honor the ED nurses who achieve
Made for exceptional stroke care Gold and Platinum “Door-to-Needle” levels in the Department of Health
(DOH) timeframe regulation for administration of IV t-PA (Tissue Plasminogen
Activator) for 2017:
Did you know?
Gold Adriene Geraci Melissa Vita Richard Hernandez
Suzanne Abrams Michael Graziano Tara Wright Gary Levitt
Eugene Arena Sharon Greco Dorin Matei
Carol Barba Magdelena Gron Platinum Jennifer Mellone
Yvonne Baroni Richard Hernandez Carol Barba Joyce Moerler
Jami Benavides Steven Jones Brianna Cannon Jeff Obas
Every 40 seconds Every four minutes Stroke is the 5th Stroke impacts more
someone in the U.S. someone in the U.S. leading cause of death than 800,000 people Christina Bonomo Allison Kist Samantha Carrieri Joseph O'Brien
experiences a stroke dies from a stroke in the U.S. & a leading each year Brianna Cannon Douglas Lamm Amy Christian Leonardo Oliva
cause of adult disability Samantha Carrieri Jennifer Mellone Sharon Defonte Erica Ortiz
Amy Christian Joyce Moerler Jennifer Dipietrantonio Danielle Schifano
Augusto De La Cruz Amy Schaefer Lauren Dobish John Sullivan
Jennifer Dipietrantonio Danielle Schifano Ralph Fabiani Stephen Sweeney
During an acute large vessel stroke: Brandon Farchione John Sullivan Brandon Farchione Jonathan Wenke
Jennifer Favaro Stephen Sweeney Kristin Farrugia Staci Zapata
Patrick Finnegan Wendy Tedeschi Lynne Grant Katherine Zimmermann
1.9 million 14 billion 7.5 miles 3.6 years
neurons destroyed synapses destroyed of myelinated fi bers of Ischemic brain ages Jessica Fleischman Naomi Thomas Michael Graziano
destroyed each hour without
treatment These exceptional professionals are all Stroke Heroes. Time is Brain!
Current
Psychiatric Nurse
Practitioner, Critical Care Nursing
South Oaks Hospital 2013 It's time to expand
Nurse Manager,
Inpatient Substance your horizons.
2010 Use Disorders
Charge Nurse on the Start here
Float Team
2010
Jefferson Cesar, NP ER Intern Program
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