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From YouTube: May is Stroke Awareness Month!
Description
Do you know what to do if you or someone is having a stroke? Act F.A.S.T.! F.A.S.T. is an acronym that stands for Face, Arms, Speech, and Time. Check the person's face, see if one side is drooping, ask them to raise both arms, see if one slides down or won't raise to begin with, test their speech, have them repeat a sentence. If they have trouble with any of those, it's "T" for time, time to call 9-1-1.
To learn more about the signs and ways to prevent stroke, visit stroke.org, to get involved with Stroke Prevention and Awareness month, visit gograyinmaybecausegraymattermatters.webs.com.
This message is brought to you by the Buncombe County Department of Health and Emergency Medical Services.
A
A
So
it
was
nighttime,
it
was
dark
and
I
was
sitting
there
talking
with
my
fiance
and
all
of
a
sudden
I
just
quit
talking
and
I
was
thinking.
Why
am
I
not
answering
him?
You
know
why
have
I
quit
talking
I
want
to
talk,
and
he
even
said
you
know
hey
what's
wrong.
Are
you
gonna
answer
me
or
what
and
I
thought
I'd
like
to?
But
what's.
B
A
Fiance
just
kind
of
looked
at
me
like
what
is
going
on
and
I
got
myself
up
and
went
into
the
bathroom
and
looked
in
the
mirror
and
started
looking
at
all
the
things
that
I
teach
on
how
to
recognize
a
stroke,
and
I
thought
oh,
my
gosh.
This
is
actually
happening
to
me.
I'm
42
years
old,
I'm,
healthy
I,
teach
this
stuff,
but
it
is.
B
C
A
Strokes
I
had
what's
kind
of
termed
as
a
mini
stroke.
It's
got
a
transient
ischemic
attack
a
TI
eight,
which
means
I
did
have
a
clot
in
my
brain
on
that
clot
did
cause
some
oxygen
deficiency
past
the
clot,
but
fortunately
for
me
it
actually
resolved
itself,
unlike
if
I
was
having
an
actual
stroke
where
the
clot
didn't
dissolve.
So
it
can
happen
to
anybody.
Stroke
can
strike
anywhere
anytime.
A
It
doesn't
matter
how
old
you
are
and
I
just
encourage
you
to
make
sure
that
you
give
yourself
every
opportunity
to
prevent
strokes
may
is
National
Stroke
Awareness
Month.
Thank
you
to
President
Bush
on
May,
eleventh
1989.
He
signed
the
proclamation
designating
may
is
National
Stroke
Awareness
Month
I
have
started
coordinating
a
nationwide
campaign
to
kind
of
unite
everyone
together.
It's
called
go
gray
in
May,
because
gray
matter
matters
and
so
I'm,
just
encouraging
everyone
to
kind
of
make
a
big
noise
during
May
to
bring
awareness
to
stroke.
A
B
A
Act
fast,
if
you
think
someone
is
having
a
stroke
and
fast
is
an
acronym
f
stands
for
face.
You
want
to
look
at
the
person's
face.
Have
them
smile
see
if
one
side
of
the
face
troops
a
is
for
arms?
Have
them
raise
out
their
arms
in
front
of
them,
see
if
one
side
starts
drifting
down,
or
maybe
they
can't
even
raise
one
arm
by
themselves?
Maybe
it
just
stays
there.
S
is
for
speech,
have
them
repeat
a
sentence
whatever
comes
to
mind
in
that
stressful
moment?
A
Have
them
repeat
it,
and
it's
definitely
T
for
time
time
to
call
911.
You
want
to
get
help
to
them
as
soon
as
possible
and
getting
an
ambulance
to
them
can
help
the
pre-hospital
providers.
The
paramedics
prepare
that
stroke
victim
with
some
things
that
will
help
the
hospital
to
save
time
and
the
the
pre-hospital
providers
can
also
notify
the
hospital.
It's.
C
Been
three
years-
and
you
know
I've
gotten
a
lot
better,
but
there
are
things
that
you
know:
I
still
struggle
with
I
when
I
get
nervous,
I,
I,
stutter,
sometimes
and
and
I
have
trouble
with
my
left
eye
because
of
the
stroke
and
spelling
and
math
and
things
like
that.
But
on
the
whole
I'm
very
lucky
I
feel
very
fortunate
to
have.
B
A
Is
the
leading
cause
of
disability
in
the
United
States?
It's
the
fourth
leading
cause
of
death
in
the
United
States
over
seven
hundred.
Ninety-Five
thousand
individuals
have
a
stroke
every
year,
and
this
is
what
is
just
incredible
to
me
is
that
in
2010
over
seventy
three
billion
dollars
were
spent
indirectly
and
directly
on
stroke
victims,
so
make
sure
you
call
911
right
away.
You
can
always
turn
them
around,
but
you
can't
gain
that
time
back
because
remember.
During
a
stroke,
two
million
brain
cells
die
every
minute.