Strokes

Quite possibly my only serious post of the year. Knowing someone who's had two strokes (fnarr) I wanted to post this having received it this evening. It is a chain email but it's also correct (as far as I know).

> Subject: Fw: Pass it on - it may save us someday:
> Dealing With Stroke (important)

> This might be useful...we may not know when we will need it..just
> remember
> S- smile
> T - talk
> R- raise yr hand
>
> STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Steps
>
> If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some
> folks.
> Seriously.. Please read:
>
> STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
>
> During a BBQ, 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 BBQ.
> Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid
> would be with us today. Some d on'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) (ie. . 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 9-1-1
> immediately and describe the symptoms 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.
>
>
> Please do your part and send it on, I did mine .....

Posted By: Partial Angler, Apr 19, 21:40:15