Stroke In The Emergency Room

A few months ago, a patient arrived in the emergency room on a stretcher with symptoms of face drooping, arm weakness, and speech difficulty. The emergency room physician, who also specialized in neurology, immediately suspected that the patient suffered from a stroke. Stroke occurs when the blood flow to a certain part of the brain is blocked, which causes the blood vessels to burst or leak within the brain. This leak of blood in the brain causes nerve cells to die (“What is Stroke?” 1). To confirm his doubts and diagnoses, the physician ordered the background information and medical history of the patient. According to the background information, the patient was 55 years old Hispanic and lived and worked in Gainesville. The analysis of the