Submitted on Wednesday 8th March 2017
Published on Monday 27th March 2017
Current status: Closed
Closed: Tuesday 2nd May 2017
Signatures: 225
Introduce updated stroke advice - B.E.F.A.S.T.
Stroke advice currently follows FAST - Face, Arms, Speech, Time. Some parts of the brain affected by stroke don't deal with any of those functions, so adding Balance and Eyes to create BEFAST will cover much more.
My brain lesion indicating a cerebellar stroke was found incidentally during an MRI for a different reason. This explains the sudden vertigo I experienced over a year previously. Had this been recognised by the multiple medical professionals I saw I could have received stroke treatment immediately and the extent of brain damage may have been avoided. Stanford University has been advising BEFAST for years: http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2014/05/02/be-fast-learn-to-recognize-the-signs-of-stroke/
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