The Milwaukee Post

(StatePoint) — For patients experiencing ischemic stroke — the leading cause of dis- ability in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — the time it takes to receive treatment is critically important for avoiding irreversible brain damage. While getting evaluated by a spe- cialist used to take up to several hours, new in-ambulance technology being tested by hospitals nationwide is helping patients get evaluated within minutes. May is American Stroke Month, and a good opportunity to learn how a new tech- nology known as In-Transit Telestroke may transform the field of stroke treatment. With ITTS, stroke neurologists can examine patients by using video technology from ambulances. "In the case of strokes, every moment counts, and thanks to ITTS, we're able to deliver treatment faster than ever before," said Gary Belt, M.D., stroke neurologist at Atlantic Health System's Overlook Medical Center in Summit, N.J., a not-for-profit mul- tihospital system and the first in the country to implement ITTS technology. Recent research highlights the benefits of this technology: Patients evaluated with ITTS in ambulances while in transit to the hospital can be treated with the brain-saving drug alteplase 13 minutes faster than those patients not assessed until they are in the emergency department, according to a recent study by researchers at Overlook Medical Center and Atlantic Health System and published by the journal Stroke. The first-of-its-kind study assessed 89 pre- sumptive stroke patients in ambulances over 15 months from January 2015 through March 2016. Paramedics responding to neurological emergencies used a portable unit with a high-definition camera, microphone and screen allowing video communication with a stroke neurologist who performed a neuro- logical evaluation of the patient while in- transit to the emergency department. Once the patients arrived at the participating hos- pital's emergency department, the neurolo- gist assumed care and, when indicated, administered alteplase, a tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) that breaks down blood clots to restore blood flow to the brain. SENIORS May is American Stroke Month May 18, 2018 • Milwaukee County Post • 7 - PAID ADVERTISEMENT - WHY YOU NEED A FINANCIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY One of the questions I ask all of my estate planning clients is whether they have both a health-care power of attorney and a financial power of attorney. Many clients quickly answer that they do. However, upon closer examination, I often find they only have a health-care power of attorney. This is probably a result of the fact that hospitals, social workers and our state government often provide forms for individuals to prepare their own health care powers of attorney. If you become incompetent during your life, you will need somebody to not only make medical decisions for you, but also someone to take care of all of your financial affairs. Without both powers of attorney, your agent will be forced to petition the court for guardianship, an expensive court proceeding. Spouses often mistakenly believe that they automatically have the power to handle their spouse's financial affairs. Under Wisconsin law, they do not have such power. Also, children do not have such power on behalf of an elderly parent. Thus individuals must have a financial power of attorney and a health-care power of attorney, or their family members will be forced to proceed with a guardianship. No matter how poor we may think we are, we all have financial affairs. Most everyone files a tax return. Most elderly individuals have Social Security and pension issues. We all have bills which must be paid. I personally took care of the affairs of my own father for three years before his death. He had signed a health-care power of attorney and a financial power of attorney years before he became ill. When he suffered a stroke, I had no difficulty taking over his bank accounts for purposes of paying his bills. I could also invest and monitor his other assets. By having both powers of attorney, the court never became involved in any of his affairs. Such court involvement would have been expensive and would have included the need to file annual accountings with the court. Everyone should consider giving the agent named in your financial power of attorney the power to make gifts from your estate. I have seen many situations where a parent is in a nursing home and the children must stand by and watch the parent's estate disappear as a result of monthly nursing home expenses. Most elder law lawyers know that if the agent is trusted, giving that agent power to make gifts from the incompetent parent's estate will at least permit preserving some of that estate for loved ones. All financial powers of attorney are not alike. Content depends on the skill and experience of the drafter. There are many different provisions that may be added to a power of attorney to suit the specific needs of a particular individual situation. The Law Office of James J. Winiarski is a general practice firm emphasizing probate and estate planning. We offer a free simple estate planning consultation. Our approach to estate planning is to explain the options available, the cost of each option, and the advantages and disadvantages of each option. 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