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representatives will continue for one hour. If no one
can be found to provide prospective consent, the
patient will be enrolled using the EFIC guidelines.
“Opt-out” bracelets are available for those who would
prefer not to be enrolled in the event of head injury. A
progesterone bolus will be given over one hour and a
maintenance drip will continue for a total of 96 hours.
For additional information, visit the NETT network
Web site at nett.umich.edu or Minnesota NETT hub
Web site at sitemaker.umich.edu/minnesota.
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New partnership provides more books
to children
A new partnership between the Timberwolves and
Hennepin County Medical Center is raising funds for
children’s books to be given away in Hennepin’s ED,
outpatient clinics, and other locales.
Medical director named for Hennepin
Stroke Center
David Anderson, MD, has been named the medical
director of the Hennepin Stroke Center. Anderson is
the head of the neurology department at University of
Minnesota Medical School in addition to being a
practicing neurologist.
Hennepin Stroke Center, a Joint-Commission-certified
Primary Stroke Center, is one of the top centers
in the U.S. in “door-to-IV-tPA” times (the time it takes
for a patient to receive intravenous, clot-busting tissue
plasminogen activator when experiencing an
ischemic stroke) and features a state-of-the-art
catheterization lab where interventional neurologists
perform minimally invasive procedures that can halt
or sometimes reverse stroke damage.
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Timberwolves mascot Crunch has commandeered a
retired Hennepin ambulance and is soliciting dollar
bills in exchange for the opportunity for the donor to
add his or her signature to the outside of the vehicle.
Funds will benefit Hennepin’s Children’s Literacy
Program, which has distributed nearly 100,000 books
to children.
Visit hcmc.org/read to learn more or make a donation.
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20 | Approaches in Critical Care | December 2009