New eLearning Course Empowers Stroke Care Providers Everywhere

Every second counts when a patient is experiencing a stroke. Yet, many health care professionals working outside of specialized centers have not been trained in how to quickly recognize and respond to stroke symptoms. The Essential Stroke Life Support® (ESLS®) Online Provider Course — a groundbreaking eLearning program designed to close the medical education gap and ensure that caregivers worldwide are able to provide timely, life-saving stroke care.

Co-developed by the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, in collaboration with the Laerdal Medical Corporation and the University of Miami Gordon Center for Simulation and Innovation in Medical Education, ESLS® equips nurses and EMTs with stroke recognition and triage skills, regardless of how infrequently they may encounter such cases. Interactive patient simulations and adaptive learning modules teach participants how to assess symptoms, conduct primary surveys and make critical urgent care decisions.

“There is a crucial need for stroke education that is focused on identification and those first few minutes,” said Ivette Motola, MD, MPH, who is Director of the Prehospital and Emergency Training Division at the University of Miami’s Gordon Center. “The new ESLS® course leverages innovative educational methods to provide health care professionals who don’t usually treat patients with stroke the knowledge, skills and confidence to provide faster stroke recognition, initial management and triage.”

This first-of-its-kind virtual course ensures that more caregivers – regardless of location or specialty – are prepared to act fast and save lives, ultimately improving patient outcomes on a global scale.

Learn more and enroll in this essential course today: https://shopcpr.heart.org/courses/esls