December 1, 2007

• STROKE: WHAT TO DO!

  
  
  
  STROKE
  IDENTIFICATION:
  During a
  party, a friend stumbled and took a little fall – she assured everyone that
  she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and just tripped over a brick
  because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of
  food – while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying
  herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid’s husband called later telling
  everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital – (at 6:00pm , Ingrid
  passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the party. Had they known how to
  identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some
  ?don’t die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.
  It
  only takes a minute to read this…
  
  A neurologist says that if he can get to
  a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a
  stroke… totally. He said the
  trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the
  patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.
  
  
  RECOGNIZING
  A
  STROKE
  
  Thank
  God for the sense to remember the “3″ steps,
  STR .
  Read and Learn!
  Sometimes
  symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of
  awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage
  when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
  Now
  doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple
  questions:

  S
  *Ask the
  individual to SMILE .
  T *Ask the person to TALK , to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently:
  It is sunny out today.)
  R
  *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH
  ARMS.

  {NOTE:
  Another ‘sign’ of a stroke is this: Ask the person to ‘stick’ out their
  tongue… if the tongue is ‘crooked’, if it goes to one side or the other
  that is also an indication of a stroke}
  
  If he or
  she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency services
  immediately and describe the symptoms. This is URGENT 

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