1. Keeping healthy to STOP STROKES Jo Gibson University of Central Lancashire

2. What is a stroke?

3. Our brains.. Are important for everything we do! Different parts of the brain do different jobs

4. Our brains…

8. When a stroke happens… Part of the brain suddenly loses its blood supply The ‘job’ of that part of the brain is affected

9. When a stroke happens… The effects are SUDDEN Often only one side of the body is affected

10. Effects of a stroke… FACE

11. Effects of a stroke… ARM

12. Effects of a stroke… SPEECH

13. What to do? Stroke is an emergency 999 ambulance

14. Ambulance to hospital

15. Treatment in hospital Stroke ward

16. In hospital Tests and treatment

17. In hospital Help to recover – rehabilitation

18. The stroke team Doctor (consultant, specialist) Nurses Physiotherapists Occupational therapists Speech therapists Psychologists

19. Prevention is better than cure! Some things make a stroke more likely Some things make a stroke less likely

25. Check-ups with your doctor Weight Smoking Diet

26. Check ups with your doctor Blood tests cholesterol (fat) Diabetes (sugar)

27. Check ups with your doctor Blood pressure

28. Help to prevent strokes Advice on diet, exercise and smoking Medicines (tablets) for some people

29. We want to find out what help is needed People with learning difficulties don’t always get the help they need to prevent strokes

30. What do you think could be improved?

31. Research on stroke We plan to… Find out how many people with learning difficulties get health checks or not

32. Find out what people think of the help they have received from the health service

33. Find out what the health service might do to improve the health checks