BRMC and UAMS Your Healthcare partners in Arkansas Stroke Assistance through Virtual Emergency Support Telestroke - Stroke Assistance Through Virtual Emergency Support Currently, many of Arkansas’ rural hospitals without the support of a neurologist often forgo administration of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), as they lack the staff resources to accurately identify and manage tPA candidates. Further, the window of time needed to affectively administer tPA is often lost when stroke patients are transported to a better-equipped, remote hospital. As such, Arkansas’ stroke patients are missing out on a quality-of-life-saving drug that significantly improves the chances of recovery while reducing permanent, stroke-related disability and, quite possibly, mortality. Arkansas SAVES will implement a stroke management system specifically targeting these shortcomings by increasing access to subspecialty expertise through telemedicine technology, thereby engineering a coordinated assessment and care-based plan for Arkansas’ stroke patients. STROKE is an Emergency Every minute counts ACT F.A.S.T. Face Facial droop Uneven smile Arm Arm numbness Arm weakness Speech Slurred speech Difficulty speaking Or understanding Time Call 911 and get to the Hospital immediately. Have the ambulance take you to BRMC to access our regional AR SAVES program. For more information on this program click the link below. [http://www.uams.edu/saves/](http://www.uams.edu/saves/) 2009-08-10T14:42:57Z false 96 Arkansas SAVES 50 32 true 2010-02-19T13:52:20Z