telestroke


June 12, 2018

Conference Highlights: A Decade of Telemedicine Achievements, Past, Present and Future

Ben Boulden

A panel of AR SAVES stroke survivors discuss their experiences during the Telestroke Conference in May in Hot Springs as a slide show behind them illustrates their stories and the history of the program.

June 12, 2018 | About 290 health care professionals gathered in Hot Springs for the annual Telestroke Conference held May 22-24, as the Arkansas Stroke Assistance through Virtual Emergency Support (AR SAVES) celebrated its 10th anniversary. Each year the UAMS-led partnership of AR SAVES organizes the conference and most of the attendees work at its…


February 16, 2018

Stroke Survivor Beats the Odds with Help from AR SAVES Network

Ben Boulden

Larry Guthrie, center, and his wife Anita talk to his daughter Kayla Webb, left, during a recent visit to Unity Health-White County Medical Center in Searcy. The Guthries were there to personally thank the hospital's care team and AR SAVES physician.

Feb. 12, 2018 | Time seemed to have run out for Larry Guthrie, 49, on April 27, 2017. But the statewide tele-stroke network and quick-responding emergency medical professionals in Bald Knob and Searcy all saved him precious time in stroke treatment and ensured that the saved time meant a saved life. The tele-stroke network, the…


June 29, 2017

Strike Out Stroke Nights Add Third Baseball Game in 2017

Ben Boulden

June 29, 2017 | Strike Out Stroke became a three-game series in 2017, adding University of Arkansas at Little Rock Trojans baseball to the roster alongside game nights at Arvest Park in Springdale in April and at Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock in June. It was the seventh year Arkansas Stroke Assistance through Virtual Emergency…


April 13, 2017

Arkansas Travelers to Host ‘Strike Out Stroke Night’ May 4

Ben Boulden

April 13, 2017 | To help Arkansans learn how to survive stroke, the Arkansas Travelers are making May 4 “Strike Out Stroke Night” in partnership with AR SAVES, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)-led statewide stroke program. A helicopter will bring Sanjeeva Reddy Onteddu, M.D., AR SAVES medical director, to North Little Rock’s Dickey-Stephens…


March 16, 2017

Northwest Arkansas Naturals to Host ‘Strike Out Stroke Night’ April 6

Ben Boulden

March 16, 2017 | To help Arkansans learn how to survive stroke, the Northwest Arkansas Naturals baseball team is making its April 6 opening game of the 2017 season “Strike Out Stroke Night” in partnership with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)-led statewide stroke program, AR SAVES. A helicopter will bring Washington Regional Medical…


May 18, 2016

Mega Brain Debuts at Strike Out Stroke Nights

Ben Boulden

Mega Brain Debuts at Strike Out Stroke Nights

May 18, 2016 | The 5-year-old boy’s eyes were wide with wonder outside busy Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock as he spied not his baseball hero but the giant, inflatable Mega Brain. Mega Brain was there May 5 for Strike Out Stroke night, an event to raise public awareness about stroke that is organized…


May 17, 2013

Conference Highlights Telemedicine Achievements, Future

Ben Boulden

May 17, 2013 | As he opened the fourth annual Telestroke Conference on May 14, AR SAVES Director Michael Manley praised the audience for their help in the past year in expanding the program he oversees and gave them a glance at the future of telemedicine in the state.


May 6, 2013

Medical Center of South Arkansas Joins UAMS-Led Program to Provide Emergency Stroke Care

Ben Boulden

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado has partnered with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to provide life-saving emergency care for stroke patients in the region.  </p>


April 24, 2013

Fourth UAMS Telestroke Conference Slated for May 14-15

Ben Boulden

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The fourth annual AR SAVES Telestroke Conference to educate medical professionals on stroke care and the use of telecommunications technology to support stroke treatment will be May 14-15 at the Statehouse Convention Center.</p>