Stroke

Stroke

This is worth sharing.STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters... S.T.R .

STROKE IDENTIFICATION:During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assuredeveryone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and that she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They gother cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared abit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of theevening. Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 pm, Ingrid passed away.) Shehad suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify thesigns 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 3hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and thengetting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which istough.RECOGNIZING A STROKEThank 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 strokevictim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail torecognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking !

Threesimple questions:
S * Ask the individual to SMILE .(If the smile is lopsided, a stroke is likely to have occurred.)
T * Ask the person to TALK to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE(If the speech is slurred, a stroke is likely to have occured.)(Coherently) (i.e. It is sunny out today)
R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS . (If he or she cannot raise one arm, a stroke is likely to have occured.)

*NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out theirtongue. 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 withANY ONE of these tasks, call 911 immediately !! and describe thesymptoms to the dispatcher.A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved