Spring 2009 cover, IN Mind Body Life magazine
Every minute a patient suffers from an untreated stroke, nearly two million brain cells die.
A clot-busting drug called tPA can reestablish blood flow and reduce brain damage – but only if it is administered within three hours of the stroke’s occurence.
Time is of the essence, which is why Medical City Dallas Hospital has developed a “Code Stroke” process to administer all necessary tests as quickly as possible and administer tPA if appropriate within 60 minutes of the time a stroke patient enters the emergency room.
Get the full story in this feature article for the Spring 2009 issue of Medical City’s own IN Mind Body Life magazine.
