Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. 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:
1. Ask the individual to smile.
2. Ask him or her to raise both arms.
3. 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.
NOTE: The information above was submitted to the Signal via email with the familiar "send this to everyone you know" request. In this instance, the stroke detection method is entirely accurate and useful information that may indeed save someone's life. Many times however, the information in such emails is false and occasionally outright dangerous. One such example is a method of preventing heart attack by coughing. While "Cough CPR" is technically feasible under professional guidance, the average heart attack victim would be better off taking an aspirin and calling 911 than wasting time on a technique that could result in greater damage to the heart and possibly death (see Cough Dropped on Snopes.com).
Don't be taken in by internet scammers. Before forwarding a questionable email, check it out at Snopes.com.
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