If unconscious, one may also check for signs of HEART ATTACK. People! bone up on your CPR and first aid courses. We live in a society (or so I thought) of intelligent people who might be willing to aid someone in distress. Have we slipped so far, so soon?
Darryl All mail scanned by NAV ----- Original Message ----- From: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Christoph Reuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:16 AM Subject: RE: [Futurework] health note | It seems that in both cases: Call 911 (for an ambulance) ASAP | | -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christoph Reuss | Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2005 5:25 PM | To: [email protected] | Subject: Re: [Futurework] health note | | | > 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) (ie . It is | > sunny out today) | | A bit too simple. How do you ask these questions if the patient is | _unconscious_ (which he can be _without_ a stroke) ? | | Chris | | | | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword | "igve". | | | _______________________________________________ | Futurework mailing list | [email protected] | http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework | | _______________________________________________ | Futurework mailing list | [email protected] | http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework | _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
