Brain Blood Clot : What to Do In Brain Attack

Dear All, 
After overwhelming response and feedback to our article “Survive Heart attack, when you are Alone”, we decided to publish one more article on this page i.e. “ Brain-Blood clot, You could save a life”

Please have a look......Your 5 min of this article may save a life and lots of tears.

STROKE OR BRAIN ATTACK: 
Stroke or Brain Attack is no joke, when someone is having what appears to be a stroke, every second counts. Discovery, diagnosis and treatment must begin immediately. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks.

STROKE DEMONSTRATION:
I like to demonstrate with a Mock example: During a party, a friend Sameer stumbled and took a little fall – he assured everyone that he was fine and just tripped over a brick because of his new shoes. (they offered to call ambulance)

They got him cleaned up and got his a new plate of food - while he appeared a bit shaken up; Sameer went about enjoying himself the rest of the evening. Sameer wife called later telling everyone that his husband has been taken to the hospital - (later that day, Sameer passed away.)
He had suffered a stroke at the party . If any of his relatives or friends knows how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Sameer would be saved.

Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead. It only takes a minute to read this...

STROKE IDENTIFICATION:

A neurologist says that if a person 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 

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 * = TALK. Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (eg '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 the ambulance and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

NOTE : Another 'sign' of a stroke is
1. Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue.
2. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke.

Please do share as much as you can, you can be the medium to save some one life (friends or family) or it could be your own.