General Information 3 Types Ischemic Stroke 4 Hemorrhagic Stroke 5 Stroke Warning Signs .6 Risk Factors Treatable Risk Factors 7 How a CVA is Diagnosed 8 Medical Treatment Emergency and Rehabilitation .9 Prevention and Prognosis 10 Effects of Stroke 11 Common Problems and Complications 12 Statistics 13 Cost Of Stroke to the United States 14 Final Data for 2000 14 Key Terms 15 Definition A cerebrovascular accident more commonly known as a stroke or brain attack is the term used
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STROKE(cerebrovascular accident/Disambiguation) A stroke‚ or cerebrovascular accident (CVA)‚ is the rapid loss of brain function(s) due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia (lack of blood flow) caused by blockage (thrombosis‚ arterial embolism)‚ or a hemorrhage. As a result‚ the affected area of the brain cannot function‚ which might result: In an inability to move one or more limbs on one side of the body. Inability to understand or formulate
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Stroke Definition: A stroke is the sudden death of the cells in a specific area of the brain caused by inadequate blood flow. Another name for it is cerebral vascular accident (CVA). A stroke is also called a brain attack. Description: A stroke occurs when an artery bursts or becomes closed when a blood clot lodges in it and blood flow is interrupted to that part of the brain. Blood circulating to that area of the brain served by the artery stops at the point of rupture‚ and the brain tissue
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Stroke What is stroke? A stroke is a serious medical condition that occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off. Strokes are a medical emergency and prompt treatment is essential because the sooner a person receives treatment for a stroke‚ the less damage is likely to happen. Ischemic strokes Ischaemic strokes‚ the most common type of stroke‚ occur when blood clots block the flow of blood to the brain. Blood clots typically form in areas where the arteries have been narrowed
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Greece fell because they were poor that their finances were very low to fight‚ and moreover their finances were very low to take precautions against any attacks of their enemies. Demosthenes intuited that there might be a Persian attack‚ and so he warned the Athenians to take precautions against this threat‚ but it was a false alarm‚ although he suggested the Athenians to raise money for navy. The other reason why Greece fell is about their Social Wars in them that they were fighting against the
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How Rome Fell Rome didn’t fall in a meer twenty-four hours‚ just as it wasn’t buit in a day. In fact historians aren’t postive how long it took to fall‚ but they had narrowed it down to a year; 476 AD. There are an infinant number of reasons why this gigantic empire could have fallen; almost anything could have gone wrong. The Roman government wasn’t made to last‚ the ostonishing number of emperiors they had and killed ruined their chance of survival. Then rise of Christianity was a big step in
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On June 12 and 13‚ the Oakes Teacher Leadership Academy (OTLA) members joined other educators in similar programs on the Valley City State University campus to learn with and from each other at the very first TLA Summer Conference. June 12 was the first time since the 2016-2017 school year closed that the OTLA was together and conversations were full of the learning opportunities thus far this summer as well as the family activities and vacations that had been taken. The conference room filled
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INTRODUCTION In December 1998‚ Glen Fell‚ President of Fell-Fab Products (FFP) of Hamilton‚ Ontario‚ was preparing his response to North American Airline (NAA)‚ one of FFP’s important aircraft interior customers. Two months earlier‚ NAA had asked FFP whether it was interested in taking over complete management of NAA’s interiors. Although the proposal was financially promising‚ it represented a significant departure from FFP’s traditional business of interiors manufacturing. Now‚ after considerable
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How Rome Fell In the beginning‚ Rome was a strong and powerful empire. Rome had a system for paying for their soldiers to fight. They would give them the land they conquered‚which attracted more and more soldiers wanting to fight for Rome. When they stopped expanding‚ they could not give any more land to the soldiers so they had to find other ways to get them to fight. This ended up with the people having to pay extra taxes‚ and the army being unloyal to Rome. When this started it created many
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Introduction Oakes High School has an enrollment of 190 student grades 7-12‚ located in Oakes‚ ND. Oakes is in rural‚ southeastern North Dakota‚ and has a population of 1‚800 people. The athletic department provides football‚ volleyball‚ wrestling‚ boys’ and girls’ golf‚ boys’ and girls’ basketball‚ and boys’ and girls’ track. Oakes also has a co-op with Gwinner for baseball in which the team has all practices and games in Oakes‚ and plays as the Oakes Tornadoes‚ and our boys’ and girls’ cross-country
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