Default STROKE IDENTIFICATION

[CAPTAINZING2000]

Default STROKE IDENTIFICATION
If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks. Seriously...
Please read:STROKE IDENTIFICATIONuring a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) .....she said she had 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 6:00 pm 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 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.RECOGNI ZING 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 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 and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently)
(i.e. It is sunny out today)R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.If he or she has trouble withANY ONE of these tasks, call 999/911 immediately and describe thesymptoms to the dispatcher.New Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your TongueNOTE: 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.
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.

[caraway]

Thanks for that Cptzing. Thats good info for us addicts as well as everyone else.

My grandmother on my mothers side died of a stroke. She was blind and paralysed at the end. She was only 54. I never new her. My mother was in her 20's at the time and nursed her to the end. She's 81 now and still gets upset if the subject is comes up.

[barb dwyer]

There's a fella in our group has had two strokes.

He's 25.