Posts categorized as “Stroke”

One Woman, Two Strokes

Keith Woodward, MD, a neurointerventional radiologist at Fort Sanders Regional, performed a thrombectomy on Epperson to remove the clot that caused the stroke.

Continuum of Care

Rodhouse benefitted from an incredible continuum of care, and in the space of a few hours transitioned from being a stroke patient to a heart patient, all at the same hospital.

Tele-Connection

Morristown patient benefits from collaborative care through FSRMC and Covenant Health’s stroke hospital network

Going Beyond the Limit

Tammy Brooks arrived by helicopter at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center at least 24 hours – maybe even several days – after suffering an acute ischemic stroke.

WATE-TV: East Tennessee man survives one of the deadliest types of stroke

A local man survived the type of stroke that normally kills 80 percent of its victims. He’s doing so well, he just moved to Europe and is enjoying life to its fullest. It’s been three and a half years since Ken Harrawood suffered a stroke. It hit while he was driving to Y-12 for his first day of work with Bechtel. He now lives in Manchester, England.

WATE-TV: Technician who works with stroke patients becomes one himself

Adam Hill gets the tools in place for the next life-saving surgery in the interventional radiology lab at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. As lead tech, Hill knows this place like the back of his hand. He never dreamed he’d be a patient receiving treatment here, suffering from a ruptured aneurysm, like so many patients he’s helped treat.