Re: symptoms of a stroke

On Fri, 5 Aug 2005 03:12:55 +0000 (UTC), "Patricia Heil"
<pajheil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>"Moshe Schorr" <moshe.schorr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:1123138375.211884.208220@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Saving lives is always a very Jewish concern.
>>
>> I just recieved a mail detailing three questions to ask a person whom
>> you suspect is suffering a stroke
>>
>> 1.Ask the person to SMILE.
>> 2.Ask the person to raise his ARMS.
>> 3.Ask the person to say a SIMPLE SENTENCE.
>>
>> If the person has trouble with any of these tasks, call an
>> ambulance, quick and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
>> The time you save could be critical.
>>
>> May we never _need_ this information, but it's important to know about
>> it.
>>
>> Moshe Schorr
>>
>
>Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but unless the person is already on blood
>thinners or allergic, giving them some aspirin immediately can also be a
>life-saver.

I'd look to Josh for a more definitive opinion, Moshe, but while
aspirin and other thinners have become, so far as I know, as standard
in a suspected MI (heart attack) as Narcan is in a drug overdose, I'd
worry that the particular stroke might be caused by an intracranial
hemorrhage rather than clotting, and so anti-coagulants such as
aspirin would be dangerous.

I know once the stroke is known to be ischemic in origin (clot,
sclerosed vessel) anti-coagulants are used, but I'm not sure if that
can be accurately assessed in the field.

Andy Katz
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