Stroke Prevention Resources for Your Patients
"I will empower my patients."
World Stroke Day is October 29th and it is a great time for all of us in the health care community to recommit to stroke prevention.
We’re here to help. Our quick reference resources on stroke prevention can be invaluable to you in your conversations with patients.
Support your patients in reducing their stroke risk with these resources.
Nothing causes more strokes than high blood pressure.
Help your patients keep their numbers at 120/80 or lower. Consider a medication and lifestyle plan to reduce their risk for a first or repeat stroke. Use our handy resources.For Professionals: Secondary Stroke Prevention Checklist
This handy checklist can help you evaluate patients at risk for another stroke and provides recommendations on how you can mitigate their risk factors.
For Your Patients: Preventing Another Stroke Checklist
About one in four stroke survivors suffers a second one — but it doesn’t have to be that way. Share this checklist with them at their next visit to create a secondary stroke prevention plan and help them stick to it.
"I will help my patients prevent stroke."
Start here to educate yourself and others about preventing stroke.World Stroke Day Resources
- World Stroke Day Prevention Resources
- World Stroke Day Health Care Professional Resources
- World Stroke Day Stroke Prevention Toolkit (PDF)
- Recursos en Español
- Preventing Another Stroke
- High Blood Pressure and Stroke (Infographic)
- F.A.S.T. (Infographic)
- 5 Fast Facts about Stroke (Infographic)
- 5 Hechos Clave Sobre el Ataque Cerebral (5 Facts About Stroke Infographic)
- Control Stroke Risk Factors for Brain Health
- Taking Steps to Prevent Another Stroke (New)
- Strokes and Brain Health (Infographic)
- Secondary Stroke Prevention Checklist for Health Care Professionals (PDF)
- What to do instead of having another Stroke (New)
- Spot a Stroke F.A.S.T (Video)
Let's Talk about Prevention
- Anticoagulants and Antiplatelet Therapy Brochure
- Let's Talk About Children and Stroke (PDF)
- Let's Talk about Risk Factors for Stroke (PDF)
- Let's Talk About Ischemic Stroke (PDF)
- Let's Talk About Lifestyle Changes to Prevent Stroke (PDF)
- Let's Talk about Carotid Endarterectomy (PDF)
- Let's Talk about High Blood Pressure and Stroke (PDF)
- TIA and Warning Signs (PDF)
Cryptogenic Stroke Patient Resources
- The Known and Unknown of Stroke Infographic (PDF)
- A Patient Guide to Understanding Strokes of Unknown Cause (PDF)
- Waiting Room Poster (PDF)
- What Causes Stroke Animated Video (Video)
- Cryptogenic Stroke Survivor Story Overcoming the Unknown (Video)
- Cryptogenic Stroke Collaborative Care Video Testimonial (Video)
- What to do when you have had a stroke of unknown cause (Video)
- I WILL Prevent Another Stroke Infographic
Acute Ischemic Stroke Toolkit
Healthcare Professional Resources
- 2021 Guideline for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Guideline From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
- Secondary Stroke Prevention Checklist for Health Care Professionals (PDF)
- 2019 Updated Healthcare Professional Guide Understanding Diagnosis and Treatment of Cryptogenic Stroke (PDF)
- 2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
- Webinar-Stroke Work-Up:The Role of Atrial Fibrillation and Cardiac Rhythm Monitoring (Video)
- Code Stroke Team Quick Sheet (PDF)
- Cryptogenic Stroke Postcard(PDF)
- Cryptogenic Stroke Collaborative Care Video Testimonial (Video)
- Testimonio de atención colaborativa de ataque o derrame cerebral criptogénico(Video)
- Cryptogenic Stroke Collaborative Care Case Studies (PDF)
- Cryptogenic Stroke Collaborative Care Case Studies(PPT)
- Cryptogenic Stroke Education Deck(PDF)
- Cryptogenic Stroke Waiting Room Poster