KNOW THE SIGNS When a stroke occurs, getting treatment quickly is crucial to decreasing the long-lasting effects of stroke. The signs of a stroke can be remembered with the acronym, BE FAST . Here are the symptoms that could mean you or your loved one is having a stroke: • Balance or the inability to maintain coordination • Eyes or the inability to see out of one or both • Face that is drooping on one side • Arms or the inability to raise one or both • Speech or the inability to repeat a simple sentence And if you or someone around you is experiencing the symptoms above, it is • Time to call 911 and seek emergency care. HCA Healthcare has a long history of prioritizing and working to continually improve patient safety. This includes reducing our average door-to-needle time to 34 minutes, which is faster than the national standard for stroke care.
Share with your community In order to beat stroke, we must decrease stroke for every member of our communities. HealthONE is dedicated to advancing health equity and bettering stroke care in all patient subsets, including all races and ethnicities. Some patient subsets, such as Black and Hispanic/ Latinx populations, face additional barriers to identifying and treating stroke risk factors, receiving thorough assessments and finding follow-up stroke care. Getting to the Heart of Stroke™ addresses health disparities like this through local health impact work and community education in areas including women’s health, high blood pressure management, nutrition security and tobacco/ vaping prevention. You can make a difference in your community by sharing your knowledge of stroke care and prevention with others. By sharing the resources in this article, along with additional resources provided by the American Heart Association, American Stroke Association and the Getting to the Heart of Stroke™ initiative, with your family and friends who may be at risk for stroke, you can help save lives.
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