Fwd: Please read & save a stroke victim

[Michael fluharty]

I thought this interesting and important.

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Date: January 19, 2010 9:21:29 AM PST

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"Let ours be a time remembered for the awakening of an new reverence for the mystery of being, gratitude for the gift of life, and humility for our human place in nature and the whole."
(Words Adapted from the Earth Charter ~ Music by Carolyn McDade)

Subject: FW: Please read & save a stroke victim

   B lood   Clots/Stroke - They Now Have a Fourth  Indicator,  the  Tongue
  
   
 
  I   will continue to forward this every time  it  comes around!

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

 
   STROKE   IDENTIFICATION:

 
   During  a BBQ, a woman 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, Jane went about enjoying herself the  rest of the  evening

 
   Jane's  husband called later  telling everyone that  his wife had been taken to  the hospital  -
(at  6:00  pm  Jane passed away.) She  had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they  known how to identify the  signs of a  stroke, perhaps Jane 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.

 
   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 of 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.

 
   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.  

 
    I   have done my part. Will   you?