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STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters..= S.T.R.
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My friend sent this to me and encourage= d me to post it and spread the word. I agree. If everyone can remember some= thing this simple, we could save some folks. Seriously.. Please read:

&n= bsp; = STROKE IDENTIFICATION:

During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little f= all - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedi= cs) and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cl= eaned 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. Ingri= d's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to t= he hospital - (at 6:00pm , Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke a= t the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps In= grid would be with us today. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hop= eless condition instead.

It only takes a minute to read this...

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke v= ictim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...total= ly. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then = getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

&n= bsp; = RECOGNIZING A STROKE

Thank God for the sense to remember the "3&quo= t; steps, STR . Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to ide= ntify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke vic= tim 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 * <= span style=3D'font-family:Verdana;mso-default-font-family:Verdana;mso-ascii-fo= nt-family: Verdana;mso-latin-font-family:Verdana;mso-greek-font-family:Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family:Verdana;mso-latinext-font-family:Verdana;color:#= 444444; language:EN;mso-ansi-language:EN'> Ask the individual to SMILE.

T * Ask the person to TALK to SPEAK A SIMPL= E SENTENCE (Coherently) (i.e. It is = sunny out today)
R * <= span style=3D'font-family:Verdana;mso-default-font-family:Verdana;mso-ascii-fo= nt-family: Verdana;mso-latin-font-family:Verdana;mso-greek-font-family:Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family:Verdana;mso-latinext-font-family:Verdana;color:#= 444444; language:EN;mso-ansi-language:EN'> Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'st= ick' out their tongue. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes t= o one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke. = If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 911 i= mmediately !! and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

&n= bsp; A cardiologist says if everyone w= ho gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at = least one life will be saved.