Stroke

Services & Specialties

Stroke Strikes Fast. Know the Signs.

Every 40 seconds someone in the U.S. has a stroke. It's the second leading cause of death worldwide. When treatment begins quickly, full recovery is more likely. Chesapeake Regional Healthcare is a thrombectomy-capable, Certified Primary Stroke Center ready to help with fast, high quality care. If you know the signs of stroke, you can BEFAST to help someone get the quick care they need. Click here to download our Scoop on Stroke infographic!

Services & Specialties

Stroke Care

Chesapeake Regional Medical Center has a specialized stroke team. If a patient comes into the Emergency Room, within 5 minutes they will have been examined by our stroke team. Our physicians and nurses have specialized stroke training and are experts in diagnostic testing and rapid treatment.

The process when a 911 call is received.

The EMS crews arrive, check vitals and assess stoke symptoms
The decision to transport the patient is made
CRMC’s Emergency Department (ED) is alerted
CRMC’s on-call stroke team is alerted
The patient arrives in the ED and is assessed immediately by a physician
The patient undergoes a CT scan or other diagnostic testing to determine what stroke type
Treatments from IV medication to surgery are offered on-site by qualified neurologists, neurointerventionalists, and neurosurgeons.

The gold standard treatment for ischemic strokes is tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and mechanical thrombectomy. tPA works by dissolving the clot and improving blood flow to the part of the brain being deprived of blood flow. If there is a large clot blocking a vessel to the brain, our neurovascular team can place a catheter inside the brain vessels, and remove the clot with an aspiration device and stent-triever.