BE FAST to Spot and Treat a Stroke

Acute or emergency stroke care has made huge strides over the past 2 decades. Wider adoption and use of tPA and similar clot-busting medication has reduced to impact of stroke on millions of people and saved not only lives but also billions of dollars. Advances in mechanical thrombectomy mean there are more places around the world where a surgeon can literally drag a clot out of a patient's body.

But these treatments have limited windows of effectiveness. After 3.5 hours of stroke, therapeutic options start to disappear.

That's why it's so important to recognize a stroke as soon as it happens and get an ambulance immediately. The BE FAST model will help you do that.

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