informative: how to identify a stroke

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STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters... S.T.R .

My friend sent this to me and encouraged me to post it and spread the word. I agree. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks. STROKE IDENTIFICATION: During a party , a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. (they offered to call ambulance) 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 party . 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... STROKE 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 tough. RECOGNIZING A STROKE 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 * = TALK. Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (eg ' It is sunny out today' ). R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS . If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call the ambulance and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher. NOTE : Another 'sign' of a stroke is 1. Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue.

 

2. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke.

A prominent 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.

.....and it could be your own.....

 

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From: lokeshbhogDate: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:09:13 +0530 Excellent must watch video.

 

 

 

If only he could have communicated like this: Excellent video must watch:

 

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=p1D2xMfVuNg & eurl=http://www.gandhiserve.org/

 

 

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, Sunita Agrawal

<sunita_agrawal wrote:

>

> STROKE: Remember The 1st Three

> Letters... S.T.R .

> My friend

> sent this to me and encouraged me to post it and

spread the word. I

> agree. If everyone can remember something this

simple, we

> could save some folks.

>

> STROKE IDENTIFICATION:

> During a

> party

> , a

> friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured

everyone that

> she was fine and just tripped over a brick because of

her new shoes.

> (they offered to call ambulance)

>

> 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 party

> . 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...

>

> STROKE 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

> tough.

>

> RECOGNIZING A STROKE

>

>

> 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

> * = TALK.

> Ask the

> person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE

> (Coherently) (eg ' It is sunny out today' ).

> R * Ask him or her to

> RAISE

> BOTH

> ARMS .

>

> If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of

> these tasks, call the ambulance and describe the

symptoms to

> the dispatcher.

>

> NOTE :

> Another 'sign' of a stroke is

> 1. Ask the person to 'stick'

> out their tongue.

>

> 2.

> If the tongue is 'crooked',

> if it goes to one side or the other that is also an

indication of a

> stroke.

>

> A prominent

> 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.

>

>

>

> ....and it could be your own.....

>

>

>

>

> PASS THIS ON....

>

>

>

>

>

> lokeshbhog

> Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:09:13 +0530

> Excellent must watch video.

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If only he could have communicated like this:

Excellent video must watch:

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> http://in.youtube.com/watch?

v=p1D2xMfVuNg & eurl=http://www.gandhiserve.org/

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