INTEGRIS James R. Daniel Stroke Center: Every Second Counts: The Kathy Long Story

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Every Second Counts: The Kathy Long Story

Kathy Long knows all about strokes. When she suffered one this past February, she was unable to move or speak. Luckily, her son was with her and he immediately called 911. EMSA rushed her to the INTEGRIS James R. Daniel Stroke Center at Southwest, where physicians determined Kathy was a candidate for the clot-busting drug and administered tPA. Within hours, she had regained her movement and speech. Just a short week later, she was out of the hospital and back to her life.

TICK. TICK. TICK. - JUST GET HERE, WE CAN HELP

Tick. Tick. Tick. The estimated loss of brain cells during stroke can be translated into accelerated brain aging: 8.7 hours for every second, 3.1 weeks for every minute, 3.6 years for every hour and 36 years for a stroke that goes untreated. Certainly, stroke alone is a dangerous and often fatal enemy. But an equally dangerous enemy is time – lost time. Every second lost is brain lost. It’s why medical professionals are constantly reminding us that “time is brain” – the more time lost in treating stroke, the more deadly or debilitating the results.

If you or a loved one ever experience symptoms of stroke (click here for a complete listing of symptoms,) don’t let time tick away. Call 911 immediately. Because we can’t help you until you get here. And in just 59 seconds, roughly the time it took you to read this ad, an ischemic stroke will have killed 1.9 million brain cells. Tick. Tick. Tick.

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4401 S. Western Ave.
Oklahoma City, 73109