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How to recognize a stroke.
During dinner a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she
assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) she replied she "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 enjoyed herself for 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 - had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke perhaps Ingrid would be with us today.

It only takes a minute to read this:

Recognizing a Stroke

A neurologist says that if he can see 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 getting the patient to a hospital within 3 hours - which often does not happen.

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify and lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.

READ AND LEARN THESE "3" STEPS:

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 (Coherently) (i.e...It is sunny out today)

If he or she has ANY trouble with any of these tasks, call paramedics immediately and describe the symptoms to them.

After discovering that a group of non-medical volunteers could
identify facial weakness, arm weakness and speech problems, researchers urged the general public to learn the three questions. Widespread use of this test could result in a prompt diagnosis and treatment of the stroke and prevent brain damage.