Stroke for Professionals
Access evidence-based education and resources designed to support healthcare professionals
across the stroke continuum of care- from early recognition and acute management to secondary prevention and long-term outcomes improvement.
Featured Stroke Education Programs
Explore expert-led education and resources to advance stroke prevention, treatment, and recovery.
Improving Outcomes Intracerebral Hemorrhagic Stroke
Evidence-based education on reducing recurrent stroke risk through lifestyle modification, risk factor control, and preventive therapies.
Secondary Stroke for Professionals
Evidence-based education on reducing recurrent stroke risk through lifestyle modification, risk factor control, and preventive therapies.
Getting to the Heart of Stroke™
National education and quality improvement initiative focused on improving heart health, advancing stroke care, and improving patient outcomes.NIH Stroke Scale
The NIH Stroke Scale is a critical component of acute stroke assessment. The American Stroke Association has developed the new NIH Stroke Scale eLearning course for healthcare professionals to learn or review how to administer the NIH Stroke Scale for acute stroke assessment.
Additional Resources
- 2021 Guideline for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients with Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack
- Guidelines for the Prevention of Stroke in Women
- Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: 2019 Update to the 2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke
- Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Stroke
Guidelines-on-the-Go
The Guidelines-on-the-Go App features the 2026 AHA/ACC/ADA/ASN Guideline for Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Syndrome, providing clinicians with easy access to CKM staging, risk assessment, and evidence-based prevention and treatment recommendations, plus so much more.
