How to tell is someone is having a stroke. Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer 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:
*Ask the individual to smile.
*Ask him or her to raise both arms.
*Ask the person to speak a simple sentence.
If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately
and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher. 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. They presented their conclusions at the American Stroke Association's annual meeting last February. Widespread use of this test could result in prompt diagnosis and treatment of the stroke and prevent brain damage.
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How to survive a heart attack when alone. Since many people are alone when they suffer a heartattack, without help, the person whose heart is beating improperlyand who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losingconsciousness. However, these
victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and thecough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep insidethe chest. A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two secondswithout let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt
to be beating normallyagain. Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and
coughing movements squeezethe heart and keep the blood circulating. The
squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims canget to a hospital.
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