Get With The Guidelines® Patient Education Materials
Helping Patients Help Themselves
The healthcare professional's most valuable ally in stroke treatment and prevention is the patient. The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association offers a wide range of patient information, tools and resources online including:
Get With The Guidelines®- Stroke
- Information for caregivers of stroke patients
- Recurring event reduction support
- Stroke support group information
- Stroke Connection magazine
Get With The Guidelines®- Heart Failure
- Patient information sheets and brochures
- Patient logs and trackers
- Personal stories from heart failure survivors
- Heart failure e-newsletter
Get With The Guidelines also offers a collection of smoking-cessation resources for healthcare professionals who want to help patients kick the habit.
- Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease(link opens in new window)
- Case study - Rush Copley
- Best Practices
- Making hospital-wide system level change
- Sample counseling process
- Motivational Interview for patients not yet ready to quit - 5Rs
- Interview for patients ready to quit - 5As
- Smoking cessation resource list
- Patient Education information
