IDENTIFY A POTENTIAL STROKE VICTIM
Read and Learn!: Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify.
Unfortunately, the lack of awareness
often 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:
If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks,
CALL 9-1-1 IMMEDIATELY
AND DESCRIBE SYMPTOMS TO THE DISPATCHER.
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this information
sends it to 10 people, you can bet that at least one life will
be saved.
BE A FRIEND AND SHARE THIS INFORMATION
WITH AS MANY FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE.
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