Welcome!

Agenda

1. Welcome & Introduction
2. Treasurer Report
3. NJ Stroke Care Advisory Panel Update
4. ANVC Course Review Summary
5. NJ Stroke Care Advisory Panel (SCAP) & NJ Department of Health Updates
6. Genentech: TNK FDA Approval
7. AHA Update
8. Certification Review Visits
9. Best Practices: Stroke Smart Initiative
10. ISC Highlights
11. Workgroup Updates
12. American Heart Association Updates
13. Certification Review Visits
14. Upcoming Conferences & Educational Programs
15. Stroke Month Planning

Welcome!

• Introductions!
• New Members?

Treasurer’s Report

Current account balance: $7532.29

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Expenditures Q1 2025

• Meeting venue: $0
• Meeting food & beverage: $0
• Other: $0

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Income Q1 2025: $1200.00

Housekeeping

• Membership Renewal Form!!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiV5QmidzY3VgsRtYaDpiy59zX9AC5W3K8rsPMBeLPoAFSTw/viewform?usp=header

• If you are unable to upload your profile picture to the form, you may email your picture separately to Vandana @ vparikh@primehealthcare.com.

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Funding & Industry Support

• Industry support identified for all meetings for remainder of the year
• Additional fundraising opportunities proposed:
• Access to membership contact information & advertising on website?

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Current Industry Support Structure

• Platinum Sponsor – $3,000
• Recognition as a Premier Sponsor at all NJSCC meetings and events
• Opportunity to present a 20-minute educational session at one meeting
• Logo placement on website
• Access to attendee list (contact details as permitted)

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Gold Sponsor – $2,000

• Recognition as a Featured Sponsor at all NJSCC meetings and events
• Logo placement on website
• Opportunity to distribute promotional materials

Silver/Meeting-Specific Sponsorship Opportunities - $1,200

• Recognition during meal breaks
• Exhibitor Table at in-person meeting

ANVC Review Course Summary

• Thank you!
• Mountainside hosted two day course!
• Genentech provided lunch both days!
• Shibani did all the coordinating!

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19 Stroke Coordinators Attending!!!

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9:30A

New Linked-In Account

• Share Upcoming Stroke Conference Information!
• EMS education!
• Community Events!

Ice Breaker!

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• “An effective ice breaker isn’t just a warm-up – it’s the spark that turns strangers into collaborators!”

9:30A-9:45A

NJ Stroke Care Advisory Panel (SCAP)

1. Next SCAP Meeting: 5/20/2025
2. NJ Stroke Systems of Care Triage Update: Draft Recommendations Sent
3. NJ State Conference: 5/8/2025
4. NJ State Stroke Data Public Reporting- pending
5. NJSCC to help tackle standardized EMS education!

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9:45-10A

NJ Stroke Care Advisory Panel (SCAP)

DRAFT

TNK FDA Approval!

• Presentation by Genentech

10A-10:20A

AHA Update

• Casey Chu

10:20A-10:45A

Certification Visits

• Hunterdon Medical Center: Brittany
• Somerset Medical Center: Laura
• Trinitas Medical Center: Regine
• Overlook Medical Center: Annjill/Kelli

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Any we missed?

Hunterdon Medical Center

Survey Type: TJC Primary Stroke Center

Surveyors:

• Christina Kirchner-Sullivan (Tina)
• Caitlin Palmisano (orientation) 

3 RFIs: 

• DSCT.05-5 EMS record/prehospital care not captured in inpatient EMR
• DSCT.05-4 ICH patient with change in NIHSS, RN note was good and had clear documentation who she notified, surveyor wanted to see a follow up note written by ICU APN on plan of care 
• DSSE.01-1 TNK risks and benefits discussion documentation missing (this was the only patient it was missing on, patient presented early with posterior stroke symptoms and opted for MRI prior to TNK so tele-neurologist wasn't on camera at time) 

Other areas of focus:

• CT tech and case management education- what stroke specific education do they get 
• OB patient education on risk factors for stroke 
• Discharge goal set by patient 
• Driving after stroke 
• Family readiness 
• Pt exp project- liked our questionnaire but wanted to see a more clear PI project 
• liked the Code ICH project 
• Overall had a lot of positive things to say about the program 

Lunch

ISC Highlights

• Opening Session, the trials found:
• Minimally invasive surgery for intracerebral hemorrhage did not improve longer-term patient outcomes (MIND/ENRICH)
• Transradial angiography offers advantages over transfemoral angiography.
• In patients receiving best medical treatment for medium or distal vessel occlusion, adding endovascular treatment did not reduce disability and death, the DISTAL trial found.
• Endovascular therapy provided no added benefit over usual care, results from the ESCAPE-MeVO trial showed for medium vessel occlusion.
• The DISCOUNT trial found mechanical thrombectomy wasn’t superior to usual care for treatment of distal vessel occlusion.

https://isc.hub.heart.org/isc-25/article/22932645/latebreaking-results-from-five-trials-presented-at-opening-main-event

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ISC Highlights

Debates:

• Extending the window for IV lytics
• Utilization of CTP changing management for EVT

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• Games of Strokes

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ISC: Nursing Highlights

• EVD management
• Code ICH
• We-Trust Trial: Direct to Angio-suite
• Headache Triage: using the Ottawa Rule
• DIDO PI projects

Workgroup Updates

1. Community Education
2. EMS
3. Research/Publication/Poster

Community Group

Short-term goal:

• Establish standard BE-FAST material for NJ DOH

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Long-term goal:

• Consider launching “Stroke Smart” program in NJ

BE-FAST

• Discussion:
• Balance, Eyes, Face, Arm, Speech, Time
• Balance, Eyes, Face, Arm, Speech, Terrible Headache, Time?

EMS

• Standardize EMS Materials!

Research Group

• Short term:
• Assessment of NJSCC contributions, participation
• Assessment of stroke care in NJ and what the different organizations are doing (ex. CT head and CTA in succession, wake up stroke, CTP on everyone)
• Long term:
• How is the stroke coordinator role actualized in NJ?

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Leadership Topics

Do you have a great speaker in mind?

• Change Management
• Communication skills
• Conflict resolution
• Time Management
• Strategic Planning

Upcoming Conferences & Education

Upcoming Stroke Conferences

• May 8^th: NJSCC & NJSCAP Stroke Symposium
• May 16^th: Englewood Stroke Symposium
• May 22^nd: RWJBH Virtual Stroke Symposium
• November 12^th & 13^th: ANVC

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To Register: https://rutgers.cloud-cme.com/7RWJBHStroke

2025 Meeting Dates!

• Meeting Dates 2025
• •     September 25th - in person 9a-3p
• •     December 4th -in person 9a-3p

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FEA Conference Center

12 Centre Dr, Monroe Township, NJ 08831

https://njpsa.org/book-fea-conference-center/

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May Stroke Month

• What are you doing?

Open Forum

THANK YOU!