Identify a Stroke (not a joke)
 

---: Identify a stroke (not a joke)


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 knownhow to identify the signs of a stroke perhaps Ingrid would be with us today.

It only takes a minute to read this-

Recognizing a Stroke

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 an getting to the patient within 3 hours which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps. Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer 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:

1. *Ask the individual to SMILE.

2. *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

3. *Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (i.e. . . It’s sunny out today)



If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

After discovering that a group of non-medical volunteers could identify facial weakness, arm weakness and speech problems, researchers urged the general public to learn the three questions. They presented their conclusions at the American Stroke Association's annual meeting last February. Widespread use of this test could result in prompt diagnosis and
treatment of the stroke and prevent brain damage.

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.



BE A FRIEND AND SHARE THIS ARTICLE WITH AS MANY FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE, you
could save their lives.

I am sitting here with my mouth gaping open and my hand covering it and my eyes as big as saucers!! I was not expecting this from the title of your thread. Oh my gosh, how tragic!!!!!!! And her reaction is what so very many of us would do not wanting to draw any more attention to ourselves. My condolences to friends and family. Again, I am so shocked and so very sorry to hear this was the outcome. Thank you for posting warning signs so that it may save someone else's life. That was very considerate of you.

I just read this to my husband
 

A very healthy (his wife is a nutritionist & he also teaches karate) 50 yr old man that works with my husband had a stroke last weekend.

Hubby went to see him after work on Monday and it rattled him a bit. His friend was somewhat back to normal, but I guess the day before he hadn't even been able to recognize his kids!

Thanks for sharing!

stroke
 

My husband had a stroke 3 years ago in Feb. He has no history of them in his family, never smoked, in good health, but he had one.

He had it in his sleep during the night and we have no clue how many hours passed.
He got up and mumbled something, went into the kitchen and made coffee. My husband has mumbled for all of the 41 years I have known him and I totally did not notice anything was wrong...

We were up for 2 full hours and I was talking to him in the kitchen and other parts of the house.. he is nodding his head yes or no like he always does...then I get on the computer and he comes in the room and sits down and looks at me..he says he doesn't feel right..that is all it took, I called 911. He has never ever said he didn't feel right.

The ER doctor asked him why he waited 2 hours to tell me something was wrong..my dear husband said.."Doc it took me 2 hours to get a word in edge-wise"..funny, funny man.
Bill was blessed with a full recovery in 6 weeks. I asked the doctor if it was a mild stroke and he said..THERE ARE NO MILD STROKES..but some do much more damage then others and people can have disablities the rest of their life.

Now each morning I ask him if there is anything he would like to tell me before I open my BIG mouth..LOL

Just like a man, Pat!

My husband called me at work one day and asked me to come home for lunch and if I could to bring a doctor! I worked 5 minutes away and rushed home to find he'd put his hand through the window while trying to put in an air conditioning unit. Blood EVERYWHERE and he's apologizing for the mess. :rolleyes:

I know when he said the word doctor that it must be bad!!! Thank goodness after 5 hours of micro surgery and many months later he was okay.

Glad to hear your hubby's okay. Hope hubby's friend is as lucky.

My uncle has had about 3 strokes. Its very scary. :( Thank you for sharing this.

How is he doing now, Megan?

He's doing a lot better, thanks. He had messed up his vocal cords, and for the longest time he had a very scratchy voice, but he's starting to get back to normal. :)