Understanding Strokes

@bluebelle - One of the things I honestly did excel at was explaining stuff to my patients without condescending. I would draw diagrams and do whatever I had to to help them understand. That and advocating for non-English speaking patients.

@laura-f

Thanks for posting this important acronym! Now,

B - sudden loss of balance or staggering, and

E - sudden loss or change of vision, double vision or loss of peripheral or midline vision

have been added. So now it's BEFAST.

Medical acronyms have a way of growing.

@lowtide

Thanks for the update!

Took me a sec to get that E is for EYES, LOL

@laura-f

LOL!  :)

@Laura-f, this section is so valuable. Thank you.

Just bumping this thread up in case anyone has any questions about strokes or mini-strokes.