On Wednesday's "The Extra", our topic was stroke awareness. More than 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke every year. Early intervention is critical to avoiding negative health outcomes, including death. Guest Amy Silva-Smith, PhD, ANP, UCCS Professor of Nursing talked about a way to be aware of strokes happening, is to remember "BE FAST", with the letters standing for sudden onset of problems like:
Balance
Eyesight
Face Drooping
Arm Weakness
Speech Difficulty
(meaning) Time to call 911
On Wednesday's "The Extra", our topic was stroke awareness. More than 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke every year. Early intervention is critical to avoiding negative health outcomes, including death. Guest Amy Silva-Smith, PhD, ANP, UCCS Professor of Nursing talked about a way to be aware of strokes happening, is to remember "BE FAST", with the letters standing for sudden onset of problems like:
- Balance
- Eyesight
- Face Drooping
- Arm Weakness
- Speech Difficulty
- (meaning) Time to call 911
More information available at UCCS.edu and Stroke.org.
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