Thursday, August 21, 2008

Strokes: In Muhlenberg service area, quick thinking may not be enough

Today's Asbury Park Press reports on how the quick response of a carpenter's workmates while he was having a stroke AND the fact that they were working on the grounds of a hospital at the very time helped save the man's life.

Knowing that someone having a stroke in the Muhlenberg service area of Plainfield and the surrounding towns will have to a) wait for an ambulance that can take who knows how long, and b) be transported -- 20-25 minutes? more? -- to a 'nearby' hospital, cannot be comforting news.

Especially given the importance of the time factor, as the story points out.

Read more here: "Quick thinking saved stroke victim's life".

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