SKYAID
New
Mission
Overview
Details
Medical
Watch
Heart attack
Stroke
World health
Emergency
Cost effective
Media
- Site Map
SKYCAR
Details
Overview
VTOL
Airline
Military
Transportation
Images
- Site
Map
Search
Translate
8
languages
Skyaid Watch Just-In-Time Health Information added 09/29/01
Some Skyaid Watch models could to provide information about diagnosis and actions to be taken in case of a stroke, heart attack, and other life threatening emergencies. This information would be provided via voice-mail over the radio communication link - preferably meteor-burst communications.
I became aware that it is very difficult to educate the public about what they should do IN CASE of a stroke, etc. The August issue of Bottom Line newsletter has a 2 page article by Dr. Thomas Brott. The article includes the following pieces of information that a person should somehow remember.
1) What are the symptoms of a stroke (9)
2) How many symptoms should be present to instigate calling for help (1)
3) Person should have all of current medicines being taken in paper bag to bring along to hospital
4) Tell emergency medical team that it is important to get treatment within 3 hours
5) Tell emergency medical treatment to bring them to a hospital which has tPA
6) Urge the ER physician to take a CT scan or MRI to identify the type of stroke
This is far too much information for a person to remember. It is important that a person be able to get access to this information if the need should ever arise. Some health organizations have excellent consulting nurses which provide this kind of information (and lots more).
The Skyaid Watch could also be a provider. It might also be able to provide the names of appropriate local hospitals and some indication of the person's medical history.
Note on item by Dr. Brott: at http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/health/WABC_oncall_052801stroke.html
Doctor Thomas Brott says less than thirty percent of patients who receive it significantly benefit. Now, a new delivery method, Intra-Arterial, or I.A. may double that recovery rate. It involves threading a catheter to the brain where the stroke occurred. "The advantage of the IV is speed. The advantage of the I.A. is you can put the medicine right next to the blood clot."
