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During a BBQ a friend stumbled and took  a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call  paramedics) and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got  her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit  shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening.  Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00pm, Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a  stroke at the BBQ
- had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke  perhaps Ingrid would be with us today.

It only takes a minute to read  this-

Recognizing a Stroke

----- A neurologist says that if  he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the  effects of a stroke ... totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke  recognized, diagnosed an getting to the patient within 3 hours which is  tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

Thank God for the sense to remember  the "3" steps. Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are  difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells  disaster. 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 (Coherently)

(i.e. . . It is sunny out today) If he  or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call 911 or your emergency number  immediately and describe the symptoms to the  dispatcher.

After discovering that a group of non-medical volunteers could identify facial weakness, arm weakness and speech problems,  researchers urged the general public to learn the three questions. They  presented their conclusions at the American Stroke Association's annual  meeting last February. Widespread use of this test could result in prompt  diagnosis and treatment of the stroke and prevent brain  damage.

A large corporation recently hired several cannibals.
 
"You are all part of our team now", said the HR rep  during the welcoming  briefing.   "You get all the usual benefits and you can go to the cafeteria for something to eat, but please ....... don't eat any of the employees".
 
The cannibals promised they would not.
 
Four weeks later their boss remarked,  "You're all working very hard and I'm satisfied with  your work.  However, one of our secretaries has disappeared.
 
Do any of you know what happened to her?
 
"The cannibals all shook their heads "No".
 
After the boss had left, the leader of the cannibals said to the others,  "Which one of you idiots ate the secretary?" A hand  rose hesitantly.  

"You fool!" the leader continued. 
 
"For four weeks we've been eating managers and no one noticed anything. 
 
But NOOOooo, you had to go and eat someone who  actually does something!!!