How to recognize a stroke quickly

Posted on October 4, 2006 by Trey

As someone with (several) strokes in his family, this is very good to know.

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, ie: It is sunny out today)
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2 Responses to How to recognize a stroke quickly

  1. Aaron says:
    October 6, 2006 at 9:32 am

    Fun Fact:

    Elvis got admitted to hospitals quite frequently while hailing cabs in memphis. “man…cabs….I gotta….whoa momma.”

  2. Trey says:
    October 6, 2006 at 12:25 pm

    About five minutes after I read that, I realized he would have the Elvis sneer as well. All 3. Heh.