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[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 56 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I know it's "just" a comic but I feel obligated to let every reader know that the burnt toast thing is a weird myth.

FAST: Face, Arms, Speech, Time. Check their smile, check if they can hold up both arms, check if they have slurred speech or can speak at all, and call emergency services asap because every second matters. Have them rest peacefully while you wait for help.

There is potentially life saving medication that can even reverse some effects of a stroke, but it is time sensitive.

[-] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 11 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

The burnt toast is likely a mistaken reference to a Canadian Heritage Minute about an epileptic woman who smelled burnt toast when she had seizures. A pioneering neurosurgeon kept his patients awake while probing their exposed brain to find and burn out malfunctioning nerves. It is actually epilepsy not a stroke that the burnt toast thing is associated with, not that everyone with epilepsy smells burnt toast, that was just the famous one that most Canadians of a certain age will know.

Here it is for anyone curious. https://youtu.be/pUOG2g4hj8s

Edit: tracking bit removed from link.