BrainAttack

The BrainAttack App helps determine stroke patient's eligibility for tPA treatment. It assists medical staff systemically determine tPA eligibility within 3 to 5 minutes based on established inclusion and exclusion criteria. The App features tPA eligibility tool and NIH Stroke Scale.

-Criteria based on current practice parameters.
-Criteria established and tested by practicing Neurologists.
-Highly interactive tool using native iPhone touch features.
-App does not require internet connectivity.
-Provides real time feedback to user with color coded background based on responses to criteria.
-Ability to go back and forth to adjust user responses.
-Final summary result can be printed or emailed.

The Stroke Scale is an implementation of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). The NIHSS is a systematic assessment tool that provides a quantitative measure of stroke-related neurologic deficit.

-Native iPhone App based Stroke Scale that does not require internet connectivity to use.
-An easy to use interface that updates the Stroke Scale based on user responses to each Stroke Scale question.
-A Summary View of the user responses to all Stroke Scale questions and final Stroke Scale result.
-Convenient AirPrint based printout of the Stroke Scale that can be used for documentation purposes.
-Ability to email the Stroke Scale results to yourself.