Chicago's Rush University Medical Center Offers Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit

  The Rush University Medical Center stroke program is one of the few in the country to offer a mobile stroke treatment unit as a part of its emergency medical services. This year Rush will join Excellence Inc. at the International Stroke Conference 2017 where the RUSH mobile stroke treatment unit will make its debut. On display will be the unit’s state-of-the-art features, including the ability to diagnose patients for a stroke on-site with an onboard CT scanner. Rush University Medical Center’s stroke program was one of the first in Chicago to receive comprehensive certification from the Joint Commission. As the number one emergency neuro-transfer program in Chicago, the amount and variety of strokes treated by Rush providers have made the program #1 in the Chicago market and #11 nationally. To learn more about Rush’s initiative, we spoke with neurologist Dr. James Conners about the program and how Mobile Stroke Treatment Units are changing the world of healthcare.
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