What Is a Stroke?
Stroke occurs when blood supply to the brain is cut off. Most strokes are caused by a clot that has built up on the wall of a brain artery or one that has traveled there from another part of the body. Some strokes are caused by a ruptured blood vessel in or near the brain, which results in bleeding within or over the surface of the brain.

Stroke can result in weakness or paralysis of one side of the body, loss of speech or the ability to understand others, memory loss or a combination of these factors. Possible complications include pneumonia or potentially dangerous blood clots in the legs.

CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY IF YOU EXPERIENCE THESE WARNING SIGNS: sudden weakness or numbness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of  the body sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes sudden trouble walking, dizziness or loss of balance/coordination sudden severe headaches with no known cause

Stroke Support group:
Facilitated by staff therapists at O’Connor Hospital, the second Wednesday of every month from 5:30-7 pm, Cafeteria room A&B. For more  information, call Gary Standridge at (408) 947-3969. Co-sponsored by the Peninsula Stroke Association.

Victory Over Stroke Conference 2010:
11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Registration and Exhibitors Display

12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Lunch & Medical Presentations

Speakers and Topics
Julie Haener, KTVU 2
Master of Ceremonies

Wade Smith, MD
University of California San Francisco
Topic TBD

Allen Kaisler-Meza, MD
Good Samaritan Hospital
“Cognitive Aspects of Stroke Recovery”

A Medical Panel
Raul Guisado, MD, John Ho, MD
"Current trends in the management of intracranial hemorrhage"

A Stroke Survivor Story

Coleman Ryan, MD
Seton Medical Center
“Stroke & Heart Disease”

Note: CEUs are offered by O’Connor Hospital at the program on May 20. Provider
approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP360 for 4.0 CEU’s

To reserve your seat(s), click here or contact events@psastroke.org or call 650-565-8485

Helpful Links:
http://www.psastroke.org
http://www.strokeassociation.org
http://www.americanheart.org

Visit our Your Health page for interactive tools and resources, information on tests and procedures and animations.

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O’Connor Hospital recently received the “Silver” Get With The GuidelinesSM Performance Achievement Award for performing in compliance and continuously exceeding American Heart Association (AHA) and American Stroke Association (ASA) quality benchmarks.
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