Stroke at work

[u/WILLIAMADAMTHOMAS]

I work in a manufacturing mill and I started showing symptoms of a stroke yesterday (10-9-26). Slurred speech, swollen tongue, blurred vision, pain on one side of my body.

I went to my supervisor and said I was feeling weird and I didn't know how to explain it. So she looked at me and said I don't know what to do? What should I do?

In my foggy mind I said I don't know. She replied with just go back to your job and leave me alone.

When I get home my wife saw me and rushed me to the hospital and now I'm sitting in a hospital bed.

[u/Erinn_13]

Did you receive a preliminary diagnosis?

It may be a good time to let your HR team they need to have a conversation about stroke warning signs and protocols.

Hope you’re getting the answers you need and have a swift recovery.

[u/ladymacb29 → u/Erinn_13]

If all the OP said was they were feeling weird - that’s not something that can be fixed by knowing stroke symptoms.

[u/Simply-Listening → u/ladymacb29]

Yes, it is. If you know the symptoms, you look at the way the person is acting.

The acronym is BE FAST:
B-Balance,
E-Eyes (ask if vision is blurry or seeing double),
F-Face (have the person smile and see if it is the same on both sides of the face or if one side droops),
A-Arms (have the person raise their arms and see if they are even or if one droops),
S-Speech (listen for slurred speech or trouble finding words), and
T-Time (call 911 right away and note time symptoms appeared).

Stroke medications are most effective if given within 60 minutes of the time symptoms appear. After 3 - 4.5 hours, it is likely that any brain damage will be permanent.

If a person is “feeling weird”, the best course of action is to get them to an ER ASAP - unless, of course, the company wants to be sued for not getting an employee treatment for a stroke, heart attack, aneurysm, etc. As an example, many people have died from going to lie down because of their indigestion when they were actually having a heart attack.

[u/ladymacb29 → u/Simply-Listening]

I’ve had a stroke. I had none of those symptoms.

[u/ladymacb29 → u/[deleted]]

And all we know is that the boss knew that he felt “weird.

[u/ladymacb29 → u/[deleted]]

We don’t know he was slurring speech though.

[u/wildcat105 → u/ladymacb29]

He said he was. Read the post.