Online Class Notes (Jesse)

The 15 minutes between life and death

There is a common scenario in TV series that goes, doctor tell the patient’s families outside the emergency room that the patient will lose life if he arrived at hospital 30 minutes later. Recently, a stroke study published in JAMA indicates that some people would be survived or able to avoid disability if treatment starts 15 minutes earlier. The study involves 6756 ischemic stroke patients(female:51.2%, male: 48.8%, mean age: 71 years old) and shows that if the time between symptom onset and the beginning of treatment can be shortened by 15 minutes, the number of death will decrease 8, and the numbers of patients who are able to leave hospital by themselves and who has self-care ability after treatment increase by 11 and 9, respectively.

Stroke is the biggest killer in China. More than 2 million Chinese died of stroke in 2016. Based on the results of the study mentioned above, thousands of stroke patients can get better treatment outcomes if it can start 15 minutes earlier.

How to get treatment in time? The study shows that hospital is an important factor. Usually, treatment delay time is shorter in hospitals which are experienced in stoke and have professional certification. Besides, the start of treatment is prone to delay in after-hours. Additionally, living alone or unable to spot stroke symptoms also contributes to treatment delay.

The F.A.S.T. principle provides an easy way to spot stroke. The four alphabet represent face drooping, arm weakness, speech and time to call, respectively. Make an emergency call or go to emergency room immediately when stroke is spotted. Remember, time is life!

The 15 minutes between life and death

There is a common scenario in TV series that goes, a doctor tells the patient’s family members outside the emergency room that the patient will lose their life if they had arrived at the hospital 30 minutes later. Recently, a stroke study published in JAMA indicates that some people would have survived or been able to avoid disability if treatment had started 15 minutes earlier. The study involves 6756 ischemic stroke patients(female:51.2%, male: 48.8%, mean age: 71 years old) and shows that if the time between symptom onset and the beginning of treatment was shortened by 15 minutes, the number of deaths would have decreased by 8, and the number of patients who would have been able to leave hospital by themselves and had the ability to self-care, after hospital treatment, would have increased by 11 and 9, respectively.

Stroke is the biggest killer in Chin with more than 2 million people in China dying of stroke in 2016. Based on the results of the study mentioned above, thousands of stroke patients would be able to have better treatment outcomes if it started 15 minutes earlier.

How to get prompt treatment? The study shows that hospital is an important factor. Usually, treatment delay time is shorter in hospitals which are experienced with stroke treatment and have professional certification. Besides this, the start of treatment is prone to delay after-hours. Additionally, living alone or being unable to spot the symptoms of stroke also contributes to the delay of treatment.

The F.A.S.T. principle, an acronym for Face drooping, Arm weakness, Slurring of speech and a Timely emergency call, provides an easy way to spot strokes. Make an emergency call or go to the emergency room immediately when stroke symptoms are spotted. Remember, time saves lives!

Vocabulary

the way you imagine things is never how they actually are 

expectations are the killer of joy 

Prosopagnosia

All that being said / Regardless of all of the things that I just said / Having said that / Anyway, scientists believe that

It’s a multiple choice fill in the blanks question. 

Grammar

every my professor – every professor of mine

they arrive hospital – they arrive at the hospital

if it rains we get wet – true / happens
if you give me money, I will be happy – possible / future
if I was rich I would be so happy – not real / now
if I had become a doctor, I would have become rich – not real / past thing that didn’t happen

if I had become a doctor, I would have become rich – active
if the pizza hadn’t been eaten, I wouldn’t have become sick – passive (first part)
if the pizza hadn’t been eaten, the mess wouldn’t have been made – passive X 2

If the essay hadn’t been completed, the teacher wouldn’t have been made angry by the student