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

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

My nurse friend sent this and encouraged me to
post it and spread the word. I agree.

If everyone can remember something this simple,
we could save some folks. Seriously..

Please read:

STROKE IDENTIFICATION:

During a BBQ, a friend 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, 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 6:00 pm Ingrid
passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ.
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...

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 999/911 immediately and describe the
symptoms to the dispatcher.

New Sign of a Stroke ------- Stick out Your Tongue:p

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.

Hard to take that seriously and then read that "your hand is a cheeseburger."





Puppet..yes.

Cheeseburger...no.

"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."

it won't be the dull blade that missed that "this is spam" line, though.

i'll kill him myself.

yeah - I didn't want to forward it to 10 poeple
:D

i don't know how to take this.

you aren't interested in saving a life or you prefer spamming a board?

For someone who is supposed to be omniscient you sure do ask a lot of questions.

i'll be changing my name to hi_im_snipersb23 to get some insight to your thinking.

Well, there have been over 60 views of the thread, so I think the objective was met, even with repeat viewers...

None of that Sissy Crap



Are you tired of those sissy 'friendship' poems that always sound good,



But never actually come close to reality?



Well, here is a series of promises that actually speak of true friendship.



You will see no cutesy little smiley faces on this card-



Just the stone cold truth of our great friendship.



1. When you are sad -- I will help you get drunk and plot revenge against

The sorry bastard who made you sad.



2. When you are blue -- I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you.



3. When you smile -- I will know you are plotting something that I must be involved in.



4. When you are scared -- I will rag on you about it every chance I get.



5. When you are worried -- I will tell you horrible stories about how much Worse it could be until you quit whining.



6. When you are confused -- I will use little words.



7. When you are sick -- Stay the hell away from me until you are well again.

I don't want whatever you have.



8. When you fall -- I will point and laugh at your clumsy ass.



9. This is my oath.... I pledge it to the end. 'Why?' you may ask;

'because you are my friend'.



Friendship is like peeing your pants,



everyone can see it,



But only you can feel the true warmth.



Send this to 10 of your closest friends,



Then get depressed because you can only think

of 4.