Stroke focuses on prevention | World Stroke Organization

World Stroke Campaign / World Stroke Day / World Stroke Day Events / Stroke focuses on prevention

Shujuan Li, supervisor of the first board of supervisors of Chinese Stroke Association and director of the Department of National center for cardiovascular disease, Fuwai hospital, led the Red Bracelet volunteer doctors and nurses from her department to hold a free clinic on the second floor of the outpatient clinic of Fuwai Hospital. On-site services such as blood pressure measurement, health consultation are provided, and the "Knowledge Manual for Stroke Patients" provided by the Secretariat of Chinese Stroke Association is presented. There is an endless stream of patients and their medical escorts who come to consult. Every Red Bracelet volunteer doctor or nurse has carefully inquired about the patients, patiently answered various doubts and questions raised by the patients. Volunteers also gave comprehensive treatment guidance on rehabilitation and other aspects.Through free clinics, Red Bracelet volunteers communicated with patients and escorts at zero distance , not only publicizing the causes, prevention, early symptoms, first aid treatment, rehabilitation and other aspects of popular science knowledge of cerebrovascular disease , and also combined with the characteristics of the hospital's cardiovascular disease diagnosis and treatment, and spread the concept of "heart-brain joint, joint prevention and joint treatment" to the participating people. This free clinic activity focuses on prevention of stroke, so that the participants can fully realize that time is life, and it is extremely important to detect early symptoms of stroke in time. The earlier the detection and treatment, the better the effect.