Suddenly see someone showing signs of stroke, what should be done?

Many stroke cases in a row

On September 2, a driver was driving a bus on the Ho Chi Minh City - Binh Thuan route when he suddenly collapsed, had convulsions, twitching of the left side of his body, and turned his eyes and head to the right. The driver still tried to get up and stopped the bus. At this time, the passengers on the bus were quite confused, then they called an ambulance. However, when he was taken to the hospital, the driver died.

Bus driver suffered a stroke while driving on September 2.

Previously, on August 7, the bus driver was traveling from Ho Chi Minh City to Soc Trang when he suddenly suffered a stroke. However, he still tried to steer the bus, pull it over to the side of the road, and keep the passengers safe.

Or this morning (September 5), while reading a speech at the opening ceremony of the new school year, the Principal of Tram Chim High School (Tam Nong District, Dong Thap) was reading a speech when he suddenly collapsed, his body turned purple, and was taken to the hospital by his colleagues for emergency treatment but did not survive. The initial diagnosis was that he died of a stroke.

What to do when you see someone showing signs of a stroke?

Associate Professor, Doctor, Doctor Nguyen Huy Thang, Head of the Department of Cerebrovascular Diseases, People's Hospital 115, Ho Chi Minh City, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Stroke Association, said that stroke can happen to anyone, at any time of the day.

"In case of detecting signs of stroke, the patient should be placed on his side, ventilated, and have his collar opened. Most importantly, transfer the patient to the nearest hospital capable of treating strokes," Associate Professor Thang advised.

Some typical signs to identify a stroke include:

Facial asymmetry, facial weakness, one side of the face sagging, crooked smile.

Sudden difficulty or inability to move an arm or leg, weakness on one side of the body.

Sudden severe headache or dizziness, the patient does not have weakness in the limbs but cannot sit or stand like a normal person.

Sudden loss of vision such as blurred vision, unclear vision.

Voice changes, lisping, slurred speech...

Patients do physical therapy after stroke treatment

Every minute the brain is anemic, it loses nearly 2 million nerve cells.

Dr. Nguyen Ba Thang, Head of the Stroke Unit, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, said that every minute the brain is anemic, it will lose nearly 2 million nerve cells, so stroke victims need to be given immediate emergency care to ensure safety and minimize brain damage.

When treating a stroke patient, relatives should contact the 115 emergency system for instructions and transfer the patient to the hospital as soon as possible for the best results.

"It is necessary to limit the movement of patients by two-wheeled vehicles due to the risk of falling, exhaust burns, paralyzed legs getting caught in the wheel or colliding with the road surface... In particular, do not scrape the patient's back, draw blood, or give the patient medicine, especially oral medicine, to avoid wasting precious time, which is ineffective and can even be harmful to the patient," Dr. Ba Thang advised.

To reduce the risk of stroke, people should have regular health screenings, maintain a healthy diet, exercise properly and prevent risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, atherosclerosis, high blood cholesterol, smoking, obesity...

Every year, Vietnam records about 200,000 cases of stroke and like other chronic diseases, this number is still increasing. Initial results show that the average age of Vietnamese people suffering from stroke is about 65 years old; those under 45 years old account for 7.2%. It is worth noting that the rate of men having stroke is higher than that of women, 1.5 times higher than that of women (in foreign countries, women have more strokes than men).

Information presented at the 2022 International Stroke Conference

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