[Man50D]

I received this email from my uncle who is a retired doctor. Pass it on. You may save someone's life.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Thanks

[surroundedbyblue]

Very good! Thanks!

[The_Media_never_lie]

Thank you, and please thank your uncle for me.

[dalebert]

Just one sad note..most of the time waiting for service in ER takes longer than 3 hours...My aunt was found dead on a gurney 6 hours after she arrived at ER after a suspected stroke. They said they were processing her paperwork..they never looked at her.

[Kimmers]

Thank you for the post....I have seen this before and will forward it from home and at work......this information can be a life saver......

[Qbert]

Thanks for posting!

[constant]

So easy to remember. Thank you. Love thos thing that have letters to help you remember. STR plus tongue. Got through the red cross test with letters like PAIL...puncture,abrasion,incision,laceration.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I believe it is still current doctrine to give a stroke victim aspirin soon after a stroke. But it is a question if it should be given before they get to a hospital.:

http://www.webmd.com/news/20000601/aspirin-after-stroke-helps-prevent-another

“Researchers have concluded that giving aspirin to stroke victims as soon as they arrive at the hospital reduces their risk of having a second stroke.

“In the first few days after having a stroke, patients are at high risk of having another one, says Richard Peto, a professor at Oxford University and co-author of an analysis published in the journal Stroke. “We found that aspirin didn’t do very much for repairing the damage done already by the initial stroke, but ... it reduced the likelihood of having another stroke in the hospital.”

“What’s more, he says, it appears to be beneficial to give aspirin to stroke victims right away even if doctors aren’t 100% sure which type of stroke the patient has had.

“There are two kinds of strokes: ischemic stroke, caused by a clot that blocks a blood vessel supplying the brain with blood, and hemorrhagic or bleeding stroke, caused by a leaky blood vessel that bleeds into the brain. A CT scan of the head can help a doctor determine if a stroke is the ischemic or hemorrhagic type.

“Aspirin, which thins the blood and thereby prevents clots, is currently used to reduce the long-term risks of a second stroke in patients who’ve had an ischemic stroke. But giving aspirin to patients who’ve had a hemorrhagic stroke is considered dangerous, as it can cause more bleeding and more damage...”

“I think aspirin should become routine for suspected stroke in the way that it is for suspected heart attack,” he says. “What we have shown is that ... the sooner you go ahead and act, the better, in terms of avoiding recurrence.”

[chris37]

Thank you very much, man50D. I knew none of this.

[Eagles6]

Good info. Thanks.

[oldbill]

Richard Nixon proving that he is not suffering a stroke: