Just
in case ...
STROKE:
Remember the 1st
Three Letters ...
S.T.R.
STRO
KE IDENTIFICATION
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 t ough.
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 person to SMILE.
T *
[B
]Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently)
(i.e. It is sunny out
today.)[/B]
[COLOR=black][
/COLOR]R *
[B
]Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH
ARMS.
[/B]
If
he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the
symptoms to the
dispatcher.
[
SIZE=4]New Sign of a Stroke --- Stick out Your
Tongue
[/SIZE]
An
other 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his tongue. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it
goes to one side or the
other,
that
is also an indication of a
stroke.
If these are true ... knowledge is power!
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