WELLNESS WEDNESDAY
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Karla Medeiros, BSN, RN of CHI St. Joseph Health leads an instructional powerpoint on strokes during the hospital’s weekly Wellness Wednesday presentation at the Truman Kimbro Convention Center in Madisonville. The presentation included the 10 symptoms of a stroke (confusion, difficulty understanding, dizziness, loss of balance, numbness, severe headache, trouble speaking, trouble walking, vision changes and weakness) as well as how to respond when you think a stroke may be presenting itself: BE FAST and call 9-1-1: (Balance: watch for sudden loss of balance; Eyes: check for vision loss; Face: look for uneven smile; Arm: check if one arm is weak; Speech: listen for slurred speech; Time: call 9-1-1 immediately) PHOTO BY CAMPBELL ATKINS