Arkansas Stroke Assistance through Virtual Emergency Support
August 31, 2018
Inaugural Neurosciences Conference at UAMS Draws 160
Aug. 31, 2018 | Debuting Aug. 23, the first Neuroscience Conference at UAMS quickly proved itself, attracting an audience of 160.
August 15, 2018
AR SAVES Uses Simulation to Teach Students about Stroke
Aug. 14, 2018 | Although the high school students in the UAMS Simulation Center this summer may not have been stroke doctors or nurses yet, they got a chance to play those roles on TV and learn to recognize stroke symptoms.
June 12, 2018
Conference Highlights: A Decade of Telemedicine Achievements, Past, Present and Future
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
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…
May 18, 2016
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 12, 2016
Stroke Program Helps Lower Arkansas to Sixth from First in Stroke Deaths
May 12, 2016 | Arkansas recently fell to sixth in the nation in the number of stroke deaths per capita after many years in first place, a huge improvement that health officials credit in part to a statewide telemedicine program of stroke education and treatment. The program — Arkansas Stroke Assistance through Virtual Emergency Support, or…
April 13, 2016
Arkansas Travelers to Host ‘Strike Out Stroke Night’ May 5
LITTLE ROCK — To help Arkansans learn how to survive stroke, the Arkansas Travelers are making May 5 “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…
April 5, 2016
UAMS Names Renee Joiner Director of Arkansas SAVES Stroke Telemedicine Program
LITTLE ROCK — Renee Joiner has been named by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as director of the Arkansas Stroke Awareness and Virtual Emergency Support (AR SAVES) program. Joiner will oversee the operations of AR SAVES, which uses a high-speed video communications system to help provide immediate, life-saving treatments to stroke patients…
November 3, 2014
Fulton County Hospital in Salem Joins UAMS-Led Program to Provide Emergency Stroke Care
LITTLE ROCK – Fulton County Hospital in Salem has partnered with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to provide life-saving emergency care for stroke patients in the region.
March 28, 2014
Northwest Arkansas Naturals Will Host ‘Strike Out Stroke Night’
LITTLE ROCK — To help Arkansans learn how to survive stroke, the Northwest Arkansas Naturals baseball team is making its April 10 home opening game “Strike Out Stroke Night” in partnership with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)-led statewide stroke program, AR SAVES.