Protect Your Brain: What Everyone Should Know About Strokes

Are you protecting your most important asset—your brain? A stroke changes the lives of not only the person who experiences one but also their family. This is a program you don’t want to miss, with important information for everyone: Those who think they may be at risk of a stroke, those who have experienced one, as well as friends, family members, and the public. 

Lead by Kristal M. Blanchard with the Montana Stroke Initiative, Providence St. Patrick Hospital, you will learn about the following topics and go home with plenty of resources. 

• Risk factors & how to lessen your chance of a stroke
• How to identify a stroke in yourself & others 
• What to do if you are experiencing a stroke
• What to do if someone else is having a stroke
• How a stroke may impact you & the recovery process
• Latest research on strokes & stroke prevention 

You will also hear from a member of our own community and Library Board Member about her own stroke experience.

Zoom option available. 

About the Montana Stroke Initiative & Speaker

The Montana Stroke Initiative is a collaboration between the Montana Department of Public Health, Cardiovascular Health Program, American Stroke Association and physicians, nurses, EMS personnel and hospital administrators throughout the state. Their mission is to develop a state-wide stroke system of care that allows patients access to the best stroke care regardless of where they live in Montana.

Kristal M. Blanchard, MSN, MBA, RN, AMB-BC, is a Perioperative/Stroke registered nurse and the program coordinator for the stroke team at Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula.