Raman Kumar (name changed) was sitting in front of his boss during a team meeting in the office.
They are part of a multinational company’s marketing department.
Everything is running as usual, when the boss Raman stop talking.
He looked completely normal, but he looked Raman with a puzzled expression.
That’s when Raman noticed that his boss looked a little crooked jaw to one side.
While other office members make the patient lying on the floor, some carrying water to sprinkle his face, the other rubbing his legs and still others put sugar in his mouth, Raman understand what happened.
He ran to his car, making his boss shifted into and brought to our hospital.
4 hours later, the boss asked his family members to call Raman to Neuro ICU.
When Raman arrived, her boss took her hand and said with words very clearly, “Thank you for saving my life ‘.
Raman know that when it comes to brain stroke – time is brain!
The more time is wasted between the initial stroke and medication or surgery is necessary to stop the stroke, the more problems appear to grip brain stroke and lost.
That is why Raman, who has seen his father suffered a stroke, has studied 6 pins to recognize when a stroke occurs.
I teach these signs with the acronym – fast
B- Balance – Someone who had a stroke often started complaining problems are not clear as dizziness or loss of balance or weight of the head.
They tend to hold on something or sit down.
E-Eye Problems – The person may complain that his vision becomes blurred.
At this point they can blame something like a walk in the sun too much or do not have enough water for the day.
This is the time when you have to start watching them carefully.
F – Facial droop.
People who suffer a stroke will look like half the face (especially the bottom of one side of the face) drooping or sagging.
When they speak, it will look like one side of the face do not make an expression.
Suffering used to say that they saw the twisted face.
What happens is that one side does not make any expression, so the other party seems to move more than usual, leading to expressions such as rotating.
A weakness arm – the arm is not as far as possible.
Someone who had a stroke will not be known when the weakness creeping up falling objects from the hand.
Most of the time, the patient fell out of the chair toward the affected side.
This is because the muscles of the trunk also paralyzed and can not withstand the weight.
S-Speech- A person who suffers a stroke (particularly if the stroke on the left side of the brain) would indicate a problem with the speech.
Often, this is the first thing to note if the patient talking to someone in front of them.
Patients can be silent, empty, confused.
Can keep repeating a word, or speech may be slurred or even irrelevant.
This does not bode.
‘T’ has been placed to impress on the students, the importance of time in the treatment of stroke.
That’s why I want to reiterate what I love best slogan – time is brain! ‘.
Sudden brain stroke, life-changing events in one’s life.
Most people do not realize that it is not only the lives of patients who have changed, but the lives of caregivers of patients as well.
Caring for patients with stroke in the home is one of the biggest challenges that must be faced by families.
After seeing hundreds of patients with stroke, I have realized that the bread winner of a family member who is usually the most stressful and therefore also the most common person to have a stroke, destroy the family economically.
But a stroke of apoplexy if detected and taken to a facility capable of neuroscience and respond rapidly not only be controlled, but also can be cured in most cases.
That’s why being fast is an acronym that has come to the teaching of first aid.
Stroke can happen to anyone, anywhere and your knowledge of these signs can be the difference between life and death of people in front of you.
My wish for all people in the world stroke day is simple: just fast.
This article was written by Dr.
Nishant Yagnick Shanker, Senior Consultant – Neurology, Columbia Asia Hospital, Palam Vihar
