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Dear All
I feel the information with you will have always potential to get used some time/somewhere in emergency
So just don't delete, Request you to read it completely & store in your brain bank. It may happen that
you've already received this mail in the past but its very important so better to resend it than not get it at all!
You could save a life.
STROKE: Remember
The 1st Three Letters... S.T.R
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…..