Stroke Resources

Aphasia NSW

Aphasia NSW is a community organisation for people with aphasia, their families and their friends. It is led by people with aphasia, their carers and speech pathologists.

http://www.aphasiansw.com.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Useful Resources from External Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 24 November 2020

Australasian Neurosciences Nurses Association (ANNA)

http://www.anna.asn.au

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Useful Resources from External Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 24 November 2020

Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses Association

http://www.arna.com.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Useful Resources from External Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 24 November 2020

Australasian Stroke Trials Network

http://www.astn.org.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Useful Resources from External Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 24 November 2020

Australian Aphasia Association

A support and advocacy association for people with aphasia their carers and professionals

http://www.aphasia.org.au

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Useful Resources from External Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 24 November 2020

Australian Stroke Coalition

http://www.australianstrokecoalition.com.au

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Useful Resources from External Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 24 November 2020

Australian Stroke-Specific Education Framework

http://www.australianstrokecoalition.com.au/site/media/Australian-Stroke-Specific-Education-Framework-final-for-public-distribution_2011-09-201.pdf#zoom=100

Format: PDF File

Subcategory: Useful Resources from External Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 24 November 2020

enableme

enableme provides:

Resources, fact sheets and videos on a wide range of practical topics impacting daily life after stroke
A community forum to ask questions and share experiences with other stroke survivors, their families and carers who have 'been there'
A tool to track personal goals to recovery
Strokesaurus – an A to Z guide to language used around stroke explained in simple words.

https://enableme.org.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Useful Resources from External Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 24 November 2020

InformMe was developed by the Stroke Foundation to consolidate evidence-based resources and empower health professionals to improve the delivery of acute stroke care and stroke rehabilitation. InformMe is a dedicated resource for health professionals to improve the treatment of stroke care. Membership is offered to health professionals working in stroke care, including those currently studying.

https://informme.org.au

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Useful Resources from External Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 24 November 2020

National Stroke Foundation of Australia

http://www.strokefoundation.com.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Useful Resources from External Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 24 November 2020

National Stroke Research Institute

http://www.nsri.org.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Useful Resources from External Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 24 November 2020

Needs of Stroke Survivors

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/216039/Needs-of-Stroke-Survivors.pdf

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Subcategory: Useful Resources from External Organisations Resource Type: Presentations

Updated: 28 March 2014

Stroke Recovery Association

http://www.strokensw.org.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Useful Resources from External Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 24 November 2020

Task-Specific Therapy Post Stroke - Recovery of a stroke-affected arm and hand

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/178841/Stroke-Brochure-Task-Specific-Therapy.pdf

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Subcategory: Useful Resources from External Organisations Resource Type: Brochures

Updated: 12 February 2013

Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/powerpoint_doc/0006/393099/Update-on-Stroke-Foundation-Clinical-Guidelines-2017.pptx

Format: MS PowerPoint Document (8.7 MB) Alternate Content: --

Subcategory: Useful Resources from External Organisations Resource Type: Presentations

Updated: 24 November 2020

Using Electrical Stimulation

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/211819/Using-Electrical-Stimulation-January-2014.pdf

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Subcategory: Useful Resources from External Organisations Resource Type: Factsheets

Updated: 12 March 2014

ADS Guidelines for Routine Glucose Control in Hospital

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/251083/ADSGuidelinesforRoutineGlucoseControlinHospitalFinal2012_000.pdf

Format: PDF File (494.6 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Quality in Acute Stroke Care (ASC) Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Updated: 1 December 2014

ASSIST COMPETENCY Response Form

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/251088/ASSIST_COMPETENCY_Response_Form.pdf

Format: PDF File (56.3 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Quality in Acute Stroke Care (ASC) Resource Type: Forms

Updated: 1 December 2014

ASSIST Screening Tool

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/251089/ASSIST_screening_tool.pdf

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Subcategory: Quality in Acute Stroke Care (ASC) Resource Type: Toolkits

Updated: 1 December 2014

Audit Education Presentation

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/251080/Audit_Education_Presentation.pdf

Format: PDF File (210.9 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Quality in Acute Stroke Care (ASC) Resource Type: Presentations

Updated: 1 December 2014

The Quality in Acute Stroke Care (QASC): Barriers and Enablers presentation

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/251090/Barriers_and_Enablers_presentation.pdf

Format: PDF File (230.9 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Quality in Acute Stroke Care (ASC) Resource Type: Presentations

Updated: 1 December 2014

FeSS BGL Protocol

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/251085/FeSS_BGL_Protocol.pdf

Format: PDF File (130.5 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Quality in Acute Stroke Care (ASC) Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Updated: 1 December 2014

FeSS Education Local Champion presentation

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/powerpoint_doc/0019/251092/FeSS_Education_Local_Champion_presentation.ppt

Format: MS PowerPoint Document (1.7 MB) Alternate Content: --

Subcategory: Quality in Acute Stroke Care (ASC) Resource Type: Presentations

Updated: 24 November 2020

FeSS Fever Protocol

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/251086/FeSS_Fever_Protocol.pdf

Format: PDF File (106.7 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Quality in Acute Stroke Care (ASC) Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Updated: 1 December 2014

Implementation Guide Presentation

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/251093/Implementation_Guide_Presentation.pdf

Format: PDF File (415.7 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Quality in Acute Stroke Care (ASC) Resource Type: Presentations

Updated: 1 December 2014

QASC Barriers and Enablers tool

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/251091/QASC_Barriers_and_Enablers_tool.pdf

Format: PDF File (162.8 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Quality in Acute Stroke Care (ASC) Resource Type: Toolkits

Updated: 1 December 2014

QASC Clinical Protocols Fever and Sugar presentation

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/251070/QASC_Clinical_Protocols_Fever_and_Sugar_presentation.pdf

Format: PDF File (765.3 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Quality in Acute Stroke Care (ASC) Resource Type: Presentations

Updated: 1 December 2014

QASC Implementation Project FAQ

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/251079/QASC_FAQ_FINAL.pdf

Format: PDF File (124.9 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Quality in Acute Stroke Care (ASC) Resource Type: Clinician Summaries

Updated: 1 December 2014

QASC Implementation project workshop presentation

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/251071/QASC_Implementation_project_workshop_presentation.pdf

Format: PDF File (608.1 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Quality in Acute Stroke Care (ASC) Resource Type: Presentations

Updated: 1 December 2014

QASC Implementation tool

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/251094/QASC_Implementation_tool.pdf

Format: PDF File (142.7 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Quality in Acute Stroke Care (ASC) Resource Type: Implementation Guides

Updated: 1 December 2014

QASC Lancet paper

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/251072/QASC_Lancet_paper.pdf

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Subcategory: Quality in Acute Stroke Care (ASC) Resource Type: Articles

Updated: 1 December 2014

QASC Project Audit Consent Form

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/251081/QASC_project_Audit_Consent_Form_Final.pdf

Format: PDF File (80.6 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Quality in Acute Stroke Care (ASC) Resource Type: Forms

Updated: 1 December 2014

From QASC to QASCIP: successful Australian translational scale-up and spread of a proven intervention in acute stroke using a prospective pretest / post-test study design

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/306645/QASCIP.pdf

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Subcategory: Quality in Acute Stroke Care (ASC) Resource Type: Articles

Updated: 10 May 2016

Workshop: Improvement Plans in Action - Dan Comerford

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/319224/10_D_Comerford_Workshop.pdf

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Subcategory: Reducing Clinical Variation Forum 2016 Resource Type: Presentations

Updated: 12 July 2016

Future directions - Martin Jude, Co-chair ACI Stroke network

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/319225/11_M_Jude_Future_Directions.pdf

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Subcategory: Reducing Clinical Variation Forum 2016 Resource Type: Presentations

Updated: 12 July 2016

Why assess Clinical Variation? - Brian McCaughan, Chair Unwarranted Clinical Variation Taskforce

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/319216/1_B_McCaughan_UCV_Stroke_Forum.pdf

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Subcategory: Reducing Clinical Variation Forum 2016 Resource Type: Presentations

Updated: 12 July 2016

eMR: Opportunities for the Future - Peter Kennedy, Clinical Advisor for eHealth NSW

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/319217/2_eMR2_Stroke_Clinical_Innovation_Forum.pdf

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Subcategory: Reducing Clinical Variation Forum 2016 Resource Type: Presentations

Updated: 12 July 2016

Stroke Clinical Variation Statewide Strategy & Stroke Clinical Audit Program - John Worthington, Clinical Lead SCVSS & SCAP

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/319218/3_UCV_Stroke_Talk.pdf

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Subcategory: Reducing Clinical Variation Forum 2016 Resource Type: Presentations

Updated: 12 July 2016

MLHD Clinical Variation site presentation: Wagga Wagga Rural Referral Hospital - Martin Jude

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/319219/5_Unwanted_clinical_variation_WWRRH.pdf

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Subcategory: Reducing Clinical Variation Forum 2016 Resource Type: Presentations

Updated: 12 July 2016

SWSLHD Clinical Variation site presentation: Bowral Hospital - Angela Firtko and Belinda Boylson

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/319220/6_Bowral_Reducing_Unwarranted_Clinical_Variation.pdf

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Subcategory: Reducing Clinical Variation Forum 2016 Resource Type: Presentations

Updated: 12 July 2016

SWSLHD Clinical Variation site presentation: Fairfield Hospital - Myra Drummond

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/319221/7_Fairfield_Hospital_Reducing_Unwarranted_Clinical_Variation.pdf

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Subcategory: Reducing Clinical Variation Forum 2016 Resource Type: Presentations

Updated: 12 July 2016

NNSWLHD Clinical Variation site presentation: Lismore Base Hospital - Kim Hoffman

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/319222/8_LBH_Stroke_presentation.pdf

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Subcategory: Reducing Clinical Variation Forum 2016 Resource Type: Presentations

Updated: 12 July 2016

SLHD Clinical Variation site presentation: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital - Dr Teresa Anderson

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/319223/9_Stroke_SLHD_Dr_Teresa_Anderson.pdf

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Subcategory: Reducing Clinical Variation Forum 2016 Resource Type: Presentations

Updated: 12 July 2016

Stroke clinical audit process: initial report

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/360428/Stroke-Clinical-Audit-process-initial-report.pdf

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Subcategory: Clinical audit process Resource Type: Other

Updated: 19 May 2017

Atrial Fibrillation Screening, Dr. Nicole Lowres

https://player.vimeo.com/video/225493742

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Webinars Resource Type: Other

Updated: 24 November 2020

Bankstown Hospital Development Acute Stroke Services by Dr Fintan O'Rourke and Angela Firtko

https://vimeo.com/258899450/89a477f4e3

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Webinars Resource Type: Other

Updated: 24 November 2020

Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management by Justine Walker

https://vimeo.com/258898677

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Webinars Resource Type: Other

Updated: 24 November 2020

Education interventions to increase clinician and patient knowledge of atrial fibrillation & anticoagulation, Dr Caleb Ferguson

https://vimeo.com/227206161

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Webinars Resource Type: Other

Updated: 24 November 2020

How evidence based stroke care can improve patient outcomes by A/Prof Cadilhac

https://vimeo.com/254593457

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Webinars Resource Type: Other

Updated: 24 November 2020

Integrated Nurse-led AF Clinics, Dr. Jeroen Hendrik

https://vimeo.com/226380454

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Webinars Resource Type: Other

Updated: 24 November 2020

A series of short videos by Aboriginal people, describing their experience of stroke

Overview of the role telehealth can play in the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients in NSW.

https://vimeo.com/295104771

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Telestroke Resource Type: Clinician Summaries

Updated: 26 November 2020

Stroke Process Sheet

Demonstration of the Stroke Process Sheet, including the modified Rankin Scale and Hunter 8 assessment.

https://vimeo.com/290191822

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Pre-hospital care Resource Type: Clinician Summaries

Updated: 24 November 2020

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