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