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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 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 with
ANY ONE of these
tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the
symptoms to the dispatcher.
New Sign o f a
Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue
NOTE: Another
'sign' of a stroke is this: 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. |
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If they really did a brain scan on Perky Katie Couric they wouldn't find a thing.
ReplyDeleteRalph;
ReplyDeleteIt was done in conjunction with her colonoscopy. Needless to say they found her brain, though it was round and brown.
Bart
T word bilye huh
This happened to me just one month ago. Was sitting on the crapper and my train of thought just hit a wall. Hard to describe it, didn't feel a thing. I mumbled "WHOA" and the voice sounded loud, in mono, and ten feet behind me. "Oh I'm having something...". Went to do the "paper work" and my right arm was no longer in my control. "Sumbich, I'm gonna die on the crapper like Elvis, hey at least I'm not reading Hustler".
ReplyDeleteWent in and got the wife, she had read a similar article, had me do all of this and boy the ER people were impressed with her. I could talk, but couldn't put the words together to make the sentence. Put my pants on and by the time the medics arrived in 5 minutes the symptoms were subsiding. My brain was cleared of any damage, called it an unknown TIA. I have a very strange headache now. The hospital stay was $52,000, glad I have insurance. I remember thinking to myself, you have two hours to treat a stroke. Under Obama care I'm in a nursing home the rest of my life. The sky is a little bluer and I need to fish a lot more. I'm 44 y/o, getting old ain't like the brochure.
Anymouse
How to see the signs of a stroke: Watch your friends and neighbors when they open their tax bills if the mess doesn't get fixed by January....
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In other words, they examined Katie Couric's head and found nothing.
ReplyDeleteGlad that you are ok there anymouse.
ReplyDeleteChuck from Tacoma
"What's that you say Lassie? You found Timmy's Gerbil and it is alive and trapped in......TIMMY JUST WHAT HAVE YOU AND AUNTY KATE BEEN DOING ?!"
ReplyDeleteThat smile, raise arms, speak and stick out my tongue saved me when I had my stroke at age 58, five years ago. When my wife ran me through that, the next think I knew I was on my way to the hospital. The quick action saved me from far more serious damage.
ReplyDeleteSmile, raise arms, speak and tongue. Learn it, love it and share it. The brain it saves might be yours or someone you love.
Don't bother teaching it to leftists, though. They're already brain dead.