QA: Spam / Hoax / True?

Every one who is familiar enough with cyber world definitely familiar with the above terms - Spam and hoax. Am not going to talk about spam emails - for me, these unsolicit emails can be recognized from the sender as well as their funny titles/subjects. As for the suspect hoax email, it is a bit difficult, especially when the content of the email is beyond your knowledge i.e., medical related. Sometimes, when you receive that kind of emails, you will wonder whether the information is true or hoax.

Luckily, there are good samaritans out there who have plenty of time digesting and compiling these type of emails. I normally use this informative website to check whether the information is true/valid or simply a joke.

This email, which arrived in my mail box today (my company mailbox actually) is a (probably) mixture of valid information and fictitious.

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STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters...S.T.R.

My friend sent this to me and encouraged me to post it and spread the word.
I agree. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some
folks. Seriously.. Please read:

STROKE IDENTIFICATION: During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little
fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics)
and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up
and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid
went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid's husband called
later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at
6:00pm, Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they
known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us
today. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.

It only takes a minute to read this... A neurologist says that if he can
get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a
stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed,
and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.
RECOGNIZING A STROKE Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps, STR .

Read and Learn! Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify.
Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may
suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of
a stroke.

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple
questions:

S * Ask the individual to SMILE.
T * Ask the person to TALK to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (i.e. .
. It is sunny out today)
R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS..

NOTE : Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out
their tongue. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other
that is also an indication of a stroke. If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of
these tasks, call 911 immediately !! and describe the symptoms to the
dispatcher. A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10
people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.

And this is what the website said about the above email.

May be next time all of us can take proper steps before sending out email, especially when the information in the email, in our opinion, makes sense but there are questions that you cannot answered yourself.

Sometimes, all these are common sense. If you have doubt about the information, google it out. You definietly find something on the net (except the spider....hahahhahaa).

~ M T @ Q 4 t 4 r

~~ Sadd, D0ha

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~