SMi Source lesson Stroke has the following microlearning topics
1. Introduction and Learning Objectives
2. Organization and Division of the Nervous System: ANS, PNS, CNS, and SNS
3. Organization and Division of the Nervous System: ANS, PNS, CNS
4. Organization and Function of the CNS
5. Knowledge Check: Parts of the Nervous System and Their Functions
6. Meninges and Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
7. Blood Supply to and from the CNS
8. Knowledge Check: Arteries that Supply the Brain
9. Knowledge Check: Brain Structure and Cerebral Circulation
10. Stroke Types and Definitions
11. Arterial Etiologies of Ischemic Stroke
12. Knowledge Check: Current Definition of Stroke
13. Epidemiology
14. Risk Factors and Ischemic Stroke
15. Proatherogenic Risk Factors
16. Knowledge Check: Risk Factors for Ischemic Stroke
17. Knowledge Check: Epidemiology of Stroke
18. Overview of Acute Ischemic Stroke
19. Neuronal Death
20. Oxidative Stress
21. Knowledge Check: Targeted by Pharmacological Intervention in Ischemic Stroke
22. Knowledge Check: Cellular Factor Depleted in Ischemic Stroke
23. Knowledge Check: Neuronal Cell Death in Ischemic Stroke
24. Knowledge Check: Microglial Cells
25. Knowledge Check: Platelet Glycoprotein Receptors
26. Recovery and Regeneration
27. Emerging Therapeutic Strategies/Targets for Stroke
28. Overview of Diagnosis
29. Clinical Stroke Classification Schemes: Overview and Outcomes
30. Clinical Stroke Classification Schemes: TOAST and SSS-TOAST
31. Clinical Stroke Classification Schemes: Original TOAST vs. SSS-TOAST Results
32. Stroke Scores Commonly Used
33. Knowledge Check: Tools for Scoring Stroke
34. Knowledge Check: Identification Methods for Ischemic Stroke
35. Stroke Chain of Survival
36. Prehospital Management of Stroke
37. Stroke Centers and Stroke Systems of Care
38. Emergency Evaluation and Diagnosis of Acute Ischemic Stroke
39. Early Diagnosis: Brain and Vascular Imaging
40. General Supportive Care and Treatment of Acute Complications: Airway Support, Temperature, and Cardiac Monitoring
41. General Supportive Care and Treatment of Acute Complications: Intravenous Fluids and Blood Glucose
42. Intravenous Fibrinolysis
43. Interventions
44. Treatment of Acute Neurological Complications: Management of Cerebral and Cerebellar Infarction with Swelling
45. Treatment of Acute Neurological Complications: Hemorrhagic Transformation of Ischemic Stroke
46. Transition of Care
47. Patient Education
48. Knowledge Check: Goal Time For Door to Drug
49. Knowledge Check: Rare During Acute Ischemic Stroke
50. Knowledge Check: Prescribing Information for Alteplase
51. Knowledge Check: Intra-Arterial Treatments
Lesson Stroke is built from these main references. Log into SMi Source for a complete list and details.
Goldstein LB, Bushnell CD, Adams RJ, et al. Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Stroke: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke. 2011;42:517-584.
Grossman AW and Broderick JP. Advances and Challenges in Treatment and Prevention of Ischemic Stroke. Ann Neurol. 2013;74:363-372.