Manitoba Stroke Education Webinar 2021

Date: Thursday, Oct 28, 2021

Location: Virtual

Objective:

The objective of this educational program is to improve the timeliness of referral and diagnosis of patients who have suffered an acute ischemic stroke in the province of Manitoba.

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Speakers:

Dr. Andrew Demchuk, MD, FRCPC

Director, Calgary Stroke Program Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences @University of Calgary

Dr. Esseddeeg Ghrooda, MBBCh, FRCPC

Assistant Professor and Director of TeleStroke Program, Section of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine @University of Manitoba

Dr. Jai Shankar MD, DM, MSc

Professor, Department of Radiology

Neuro-Interventional Radiologist

University of Manitoba

Marie Grandmont, RN, BN, ENC(C)

Regional Nurse Educator

Emergency Program

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Dr. Alecs Chochinov, MD FRCPC

Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

University of Manitoba

Past President, Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP)

Additional discussants

Dr. Jesus Tamayo, Neurologist, Brandon, MB

Dr. Rob Grierson, Chief Medical Officer,

Shared Health Emergency Response Services

Dr. Jose Francois,

Head of the Department of Family Medicine, University of Manitoba

Agenda

TOPIC

DESCRIPTION

PRESENTER

TIME (CST)

Stroke Patient Pathway in Canada

Hub and spoke model for the Canadian provincial healthcare system

Dr. Andrew Demchuk

6:30 pm – 6:45 pm

+ 5 minute Q&A

Acute Stroke Treatment in Manitoba

Outline of the current protocols for stroke patient pathway and management

Dr. Esseddeeg Ghrooda

6:50 pm – 7:05 pm

+ 5 minute Q&A

Endovascular Thrombectomy

Overview of EVT protocols at Health Science Centre

Dr. Jai Shankar

7:10 pm – 7:25 pm

+ 5 minute Q&A

Panel and Audience Discussion

Critical issues on the ground
Case scenarios
Considerations for nursing and EMS

Dr. Alecs Chochinov

Marie Grandmont

7:30pm – 8:00pm

This event is sponsored by Medtronic.

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