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AHORA: a Spanish language tool to identify acute stroke symptoms
Paul Banerjee1,2,3, Helene Koumans4, Madison Danielle Weech5
1Fire Rescue, Polk County Florida, Bartow, Florida, USA.
Objective:
To develop a Spanish language tool for acute stroke identification.
Methods:
A Spanish language translation of the Balance-Eyes-Face-Arm-Speech-Time tool was developed within our emergency medical services agency.
Results:
The authors present a new prehospital stroke tool, Andar, Hablar, Ojos, Rostro and Ambos Brazos o Piernas (AHORA) (which means now in Spanish) to help combat the language barrier and reinforce the necessity to call 9-1-1 as soon as any stroke symptoms are noted.
Conclusion:
AHORA is a Spanish language tool that aims to help Spanish-speaking individuals to identify an acute stroke and obtain prompt help.
