Please share this information with family and friends, and don't forget
your neighbours
STROKE:
Remember
The 1st Three Letters...
S.T.R
Seriously ... please read:
STROKE IDENTIFICATION
:
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
&
SPEAK A
SIMPLE SENTENCE
(coherently, i.e., 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.
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.
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