Medical Services
Acute stroke care begins the moment a patient arrives at the Emergency Department. Our Emergency Department staff is highly skilled and trained in acute stroke care and treatment.
- If a patient is diagnosed with an acute ischemic stroke and is eligible to receive IV-Activase, our neurologist, pharmacy, and nursing staff will work together to safely administer this “clot busting” drug.
Patients who are eligible for clot-retrieval, also known as mechanical thrombectomy, may be transferred to Nebraska Medicine in Omaha where that procedure can be performed. Mechanical thrombectomy is considered the 'gold standard' for treatment in decreasing neurologic damage and disability caused by an ischemic stroke affecting a large blood vessel in brain.- Although we do have neurosurgery coverage at Mary Lanning Healthcare, hemorrhagic stroke patients requiring an increased level of care may need to be transferred out of our facility, depending on the severity of their stroke.
- Once admitted to our stroke unit, the patient will be assessed for rehab services by physical, speech, and occupational therapists.
- Patients qualifying for inpatient acute rehab will have referrals sent to facilities offering stroke-specific rehab.
- To ensure a continuum of care from the inpatient setting to home, patients are assessed by a neurologist and therapists at our Interdisciplinary Outpatient Stroke Clinic.
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