Stroke Care

If you or a loved one suffers a stroke, it’s crucial to get to the right hospital immediately. With stroke, time lost is brain lost, and every minute is crucial for the best outcome.

Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a Comprehensive Stroke Center certified by the Joint Commission and is a 2020 recipient of American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Get with the Guidelines® Stroke GOLD PLUS quality achievement which is the highest honor for performance in reducing stroke related death and disability. We also received recognition from Target:Stroke^SM honor roll elite plus for our commitment to rapid treatment.

With this certification Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital joins an elite group of health care organizations focused on highly-specialized stroke care.

Multidisciplinary Stroke Team

The Stroke team at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital cohesively work together to improve outcomes and consists of the following:

• Neurologists
• Neurocritical Care Physicians
• Neurosurgeons
• Neurovascular Surgeons
• Advanced Practice Nurses
• Physician Assistants
• Nursing
• Neuro Radiology
• Neuro Rehabilitation

Comprehensive Stroke Program

Cottage Health stroke program provides the following key features which are typically offered only in large academic medical centers:

• Comprehensive multi-disciplinary team approach to care
• Neuroendovascular surgeon
• Critical care neuro-intensivist
• Stroke interventions such as clot retrieval and intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy
• Resource for emotional support for families
• Community education on stroke prevention

Outcome Data