Stroke is the number one killer of human health, and the number of stroke patients in China ranks first in the world.
It has the characteristics of high morbidity, high disability rate, high mortality rate, high ** rate, and high economic burden. Accurately identify stroke, seek medical treatment quickly, and save the brain, every second counts!
What is a stroke?
Stroke, also known as "stroke" or "cerebrovascular accident", is an acute cerebrovascular disease, which is a group of diseases that cause brain tissue damage due to the sudden rupture of blood vessels in the brain or the inability of blood to flow to the brain due to blood vessel blockage. It can be divided into two main categories, ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke.
Ischemic stroke: refers to localized avascular necrosis or softening of brain tissue caused by blood disorders, ischemia and hypoxia in the brain. The most common types are cerebral thrombosis and cerebral embolism, with an average of 1 person having a stroke every 6 seconds and 1 person dying from stroke every 6 seconds in China.
How to quickly identify a stroke?
1. Three-step identification method:
2. Be fast identification method.
The most effective way to have an acute attack of ischemic stroke is to open the blocked neck or cerebral blood vessels as soon as possible to achieve recanalization of blood flow to the cerebral blood vessels.
Brain tissue is fragile, and prolonged ischemia may cause permanent necrosis of brain tissue, leading to death or disability, and the best time for treatment is onset4Within 5 hours, intravenous thrombolysis or interventional thrombectomy should be applied as soon as possible to open up the blocked cerebral blood vessels and restore the blood and oxygen supply to the brain tissue.
Tips: 1. Call the emergency **120 as soon as possible, accurately describe the patient's symptoms, time and address, and family members can go to the nearest intersection and wait for the arrival of the ambulance. 2. For patients with activity disorders, it is necessary to prevent falls and take the lateral decubitus position to prevent patients from suffocating due to vomiting. 3. Without the permission of the doctor, it is forbidden to give any medicine to the patient without permission, and it is not allowed to blindly eat or drink for the patient. 4. Prepare the patient's ID card, medical insurance card, drinking cup and other materials and items required for medical treatment.
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