FYI: how to recognize a stroke

[wetnose]

http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/67813/30370/remember-1st/

S: Ask the individual to SMILE.
T: Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (coherently) i.e., "It is sunny out today").
R: Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

Any single failure of the above - call 911 immediately

 

[IRIS]

When a dick is in my mouth for good 45 minutes and nothing happen .....I'm really close to get a stroke.

 

[SkyRider]

When a dick is in my mouth for good 45 minutes and nothing happen .....I'm really close to get a stroke.

Question: What would an SP do if an elderly (or even a young) client is suffering a stroke or heart attack while doing the nasty? Has it ever happen to any of the ladies here?

 

[Aardvark154]

Another acronym is FAST:


Face Drooping

Arm Weakness

Speech Difficulty

Time to call 911

 

[Aardvark154]

Skyrider obviously I'm not an SP.

However, the Paramedics really aren't going to care what your relationship is when they arrive.

Further, does the SP really want to expend the emotional energy and monetary cost of arguing "well I didn't think I had a duty to rescue, so I just let them die." Further, even if the Crown agrees, needless to say the story is going to make every newspaper, radio and television station in the city with said SP's real name in the first paragraph. By the way in Québec there is a duty to rescue under civil law (i.e. you can be civilly sued)

 

[SkyRider]

However, the Paramedics really aren't going to care what your relationship is when they arrive.

I meant what will the SP do medically before the paramedics arrive? Call 911 obviously. CPR? Do they have a defibrillator? Aspirin?

 

[Indiana]

Two nuns were sitting on a park bench.
All of a sudden a man runs up and flashes them.
One of the nuns has an immediate stroke.
The other one couldn't reach.

 

[Aardvark154]

I meant what will the SP do medically before the paramedics arrive? Call 911 obviously. CPR? Do they have a defibrillator? Aspirin?

For a stoke the best they could probably do is 'phone ASAP. For a Heart Attack, it always is a good idea to have learned CPR, but I presume the law in Canada (outside Québec) is the same as elsewhere under the common law, which is once you start to rescue - you indeed now have a duty to continue until you are physically unable to continue.

As in the classic example when you see a drowning person, you can't shout "I'm coming to get you," jump into the water and then promptly get back out saying: "It's too far, the water is too cold and I'm not that good a swimmer" - - you now had a duty to attempt to rescue until you are physically unable to do any more. Now if you had just watched while the beautiful young woman went down for the third time - you may be a Cad, but outside Québec you are in the clear. I might add that it is becoming increasingly common that you do have a duty to telephone or shout for help.

 

[SkyRider]

I might add that it is becoming increasingly common that you do have a duty to telephone

I think some people use their cellphone camera to shoot a video.

 

[MindJohn]

Another acronym is FAST:


Face Drooping

Arm Weakness

Speech Difficulty

Time to call 911

Another handy idea is to ask them to sign their name and THEN request their Driver's License to compare the signatures, and if the one you just saw is considerably askew, you have still another hint that something is really off.

 

[MindJohn]

Recently somebody I saw every day, seemed fine on the first day, but was noticeably slurring his speech the next day, yet he was able to function as expected other than that.

So I printed out the "signs of a stroke" and at least gave them to him to take home (and, at the very least, try to convince himself that something was amiss).

A day or two later he checked into a hospital and was there for ten days.


(I analyzed his signature, and nothing was off there... and he said that he "was hoping nobody would notice" that he was slurring... but there just weren't enough signs for me to (know to) dial 911 immediately )


SO be aware that it won't be like hockey, where a red light goes ON, and you *know*, from that.

Using your best judgment is best when you at least have some understanding to draw upon.