Baylor Medical Center at Garland is excited to announce that its stroke program has earned the Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Centers. The hospital earned this distinction after The Joint Commission conducted an on-site review on March 2.
“Baylor Medical Center at Garland demonstrated that its stroke care program follows national standards and guidelines that can significantly improve outcomes for stroke patients,” says Janice Walker, CNO/COO at Baylor Garland.
Each year about 795,000 people experience a new or recurrent stroke, which is the nation’s fourth leading cause of death. On average, someone suffers a stroke ever 40 seconds and someone dies of a stroke every 4 minutes. Stroke is a leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the United States today.
“This designation validates the great work that has been occurring at Baylor Garland,” said Tom Trenary, president. “In collaboration with our community emergency medical services, physicians and staff, we remain poised and ready to serve the residents who present in our hospital with signs and symptoms of stroke.”
Stroke is a medical emergency. If you notice one or more of the warning signs, call 9-1-1 and get help immediately. Recognize stroke symptoms FAST:
- Face: uneven smile, facial droop/numbness, vision disturbances
- Arm & leg: weakness, numbness, difficulty walking
- Speech: slurred, inappropriate words, mute
- Time: time is critical, call 9-1-1
The Joint Commission’s Primary Stroke Center Certification is based on the recommendations for primary stroke centers published by the Brain Attack Coalition and the American Stroke Association’s statements/guidelines for stroke care.
About Baylor Medical Center at Garland:
Baylor Medical Center at Garland is a fully accredited, 240-bed medical center serving the residents of Garland, Texas, and the neighboring communities of Wylie, Richardson, Rowlett, Royse City, Sachse, Mesquite and Murphy. Baylor Garland provides advanced medical care in a healing, supportive environment. Recognized for comprehensive services in heart and vascular care, diagnostic and interventional imaging, women’s services, neonatal intensive care, sleep medicine, digestive disease, family medicine, and physical medicine and rehabilitation, Baylor Garland has 582 physicians on its medical staff representing a wide range of specialties.
Baylor Medical Center at Garland is located at 2300 Marie Curie Boulevard, Garland, TX 75042. For more information about the services offered at Baylor Garland, please call 1.800.4BAYLOR or visit BaylorHealth.com/Garland.
Physicians are members of the medical staffs at one of Baylor Health Care System’s subsidiary, community or affiliated medical centers and are neither employees nor agents of those centers, Baylor Medical Center at Garland or Baylor Health Care System.
Eva Hummel
972.487.5036
Eva.Hummel@BaylorHealth.edu
About Baylor Scott & White Health
As the largest not-for-profit health system in the state of Texas, Baylor Scott & White promotes the health and well-being of every individual, family and community it serves. It is committed to making quality care more accessible, convenient and affordable through its integrated delivery network, which includes the Baylor Scott & White Health Plan, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance and its leading digital health platform – MyBSWHealth. Through 51 hospitals and more than 1,200 access points, including flagship academic medical centers in Dallas, Fort Worth and Temple, the system offers the full continuum of care, from primary to award-winning specialty care. Founded as a Christian ministry of healing more than a century ago, Baylor Scott & White today serves more than three million Texans. For more information, visit: BSWHealth.com
