Patient Education
Helping Patients Help Themselves
The healthcare professional's most valuable ally in stroke treatment and prevention is the patient. The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association offers a wide range of patient information, tools and resources online including:
Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke
- information for caregivers of stroke patients
- recurring event reduction support
- stroke support group information
- Stroke Connection magazine
Get With The Guidelines®-HF
- patient information sheets and brochures
- patient logs and trackers
- personal stories from heart failure survivors
- heart failure e-newsletter
Get With The Guidelines also offers a collection of smoking-cessation resources for healthcare professionals who want to help patients kick the habit.
Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease
Case study – LeHigh Valley
Templates: Chart stickers and referral pledge cards
Stages of change outline that helps identify readiness levels
Making hospital-wide system level change
Motivational Interview for patients not yet ready to quit
Smoking cessation resource list
Patient Education information