Proper first aid when a stroke patient

Without proper first aid and timely treatment to stroke patients prone to severe sequelae, even leading to death.

Every year in Vietnam, also known as stroke or stroke that 200,000 new cases, of which nearly 11,000 people dead and many defects.

As soon as the first signs of stroke appears to Nguyen Van Phung, 41, resident of District 7, HCMC, has a wife and family first aid rushed to the hospital.

However, due to improper aid, combined with objective reasons that led him hospitalized in serious condition returned.

Ms. Vo Thi La, Nguyen Van Phung patient's wife said: "Now see new locker mouth contorted my husband, I knew my husband had stroke symptoms and call a family member to the hospital immediately, but due almost 2 hours in traffic should go to the hospital when the doctor said that was a bit slow. "

Family members of patients to note these symptoms to identify stroke patients can aid in time.(Illustration)

According to statistics, the number of stroke patients is increasing in recent years. Stroke is the cause of death ranks third after cardiovascular and cancer. So, people need to be equipped with basic knowledge to recognize the signs of stroke:

Catastrophe sudden weakness, numbness or paralysis of the face arm or leg (especially on one side of the body).

-Don't Speak or difficulty speaking or understanding language.

Catastrophe sudden loss of vision, particularly in one eye only.

Catastrophe sudden severe headache, dizziness, loss of balance, loss of motor coordination.

As soon as there are signs that the patient should be promptly taken to emergency.

TS. Dr. Nguyen Huy Thang, head of cerebrovascular pathology, 115 City Hospital, said: "When a patient has signs of stroke, what aid should not immediately taken to hospital.

Every minute of stroke patients not treated specifically, about 2 million neurons lost. The more you delay the treatment, the more nerve cells die more and consequences of disability and mortality will be higher compared to patients treated early. "

Typically, the first 3 hours of stroke patients are considered "golden time" because this time the signs of the disease has re-emerged. After 3 hours, the brain region where the seizures occur and the adjacent brain tissue hazards will be damaged, hard recovery.

So stroke patients should be taken to the hospital early so that the doctor can cure during this gold.

TS. Dr. Nguyen Huy Thang said: "When you see the symptoms of stroke, patients' relatives often many mistakes such as being hit Often patients think wind and lemon juice to drink or take patients to private clinics which not thinking of getting the patient to the hospital immediately.

According to Dr. Nguyen Huy Thang, next mistake was the attempt hypotension in patients immediately before the patient to the hospital.

"When this is unknown status or ischemic stroke rate while lowering blood pressure too early attempt inadvertently we have harmed patients, due to reduced blood flow and symptoms suddenly worsen.

Thus, we recommend that the patient who just try to keep ventilation for patients, to patients with breathing and the patient to the hospital as soon as possible, "Dr Win said.

So, when you see a loved one has one of the symptoms of a stroke, family members need to:

- Call the car rushed the patient to the nearest medical facility.

- Do not drink or less arbitrarily for antihypertensive drugs or any other drugs.

While waiting for an ambulance, should:

- The person lie on a horizontal plane, does not put the patient to cushion springs too deep settlement would alter the top positions.

- Place the patient slightly tilted, so that if the fluid in the mouth outflow many will flow out to the edge without flowing into the airway causing suffocation.

- To the patient lies down to fresh, on one side if vomiting, hooks all viscous phlegm the patient to breathe.