The prime mission of the Chattanooga Network for Stroke (CNS) is to educate participating hospital systems in stroke prevention and acute stroke care. To this end, our staff is available to provide the following programs:

1) Our team will provide your local EMS personnel with training on current
pre-hospital stroke care. This includes detailed teaching of pre-hospital neurological assessment and proper medical management of the acute stroke patient through a program that was developed by David Gordon, MD, at the University of Miami Medical School.

2) We are available to review your current guidelines for stroke management and triage. Our goal is to help tailor protocols to make them best meet the individual needs of each participating hospital.

3) Though our association with the American Stroke Association and Gretchen Castleberry, the ASA stroke liaison in Chattanooga, we offer excellent patient education programs about stroke prevention and care. These programs can help educate your community about the signs and symptoms of stroke and what to do if symptoms develop.

If you are interested to further information please contact Karen Creel, R.N. at 423-778-3842 or by email at info@cnshelp.com.

Thomas Devlin, M.D., Ph.D.
CNS, Medical Director

Karen Creel, R.N.
CNS, Clinical Coordinator