In today's podcast, "Solving Life's Next Chapter," our guest is Dr. Mohamed Teleb MD, a practicing Neurologist and Educator in the Metro Phoenix area. Dr. Teleb explains what a stroke is and how to identify when someone is experiencing one. Dr. Teleb explains that the #1 cause of disabilities in the United States is the result of strokes. Dr. Teleb explains that there are two different types of strokes; one is a brain bleed, which accounts for only 10-15% of the strokes, whereas 90% of strokes are large vessel strokes which cause more issues and are the most devastating. Either stroke is a potential danger and in this podcast, Dr. Teleb will explain how to identify them and why it is important to identify them early.
Dr. Teleb explains that we have approximately 80,000 strokes per year in the United States and it cost 79 Billion Dollars every year, and that number is going up. This number is new cases of strokes and it affects millions of Americans every year.
Dr. Teleb and his group of doctors have trials they have worked on to help identify strokes early so patients can get the help they need quickly. Because as Dr. Teleb explains, getting a stroke patient in earlier will help the outcome of the patient much more and will reduce or eliminate these disabilities.
Dr. Teleb has an easy way for us to determine whether someone is having a stroke, Let's learn about the FAST VAN program.
F- Face (drooping of the face)
A-Arm (if you put up both arms, does one hang lower)
S- Speach (is the speech slurred)
T- Time (time is of the essence with a stroke)
*The faster you get a stroke patient to the doctors and better the outcome!
These are a great way to identify any stroke, however, VAN is a way that you can identify a large vessel stroke which is the most dangerous.
V- Vision (are the eyes forced over to the right or left)
A- Aphasia (is when someone cannot say what a particular item is)
N- Neglect (ignore your left body)
Aphasia is usually affecting the right side of the patient and the Neglect is usually on the left side of the patient's body.
Dr. Teleb has worked locally with first responders and local hospitals using FAST VAN and this initiative has been a huge success. This FAST VAN initiative will eventually be national. I invite you to listen in to hear what Dr. Teleb for all the information on how to identify major strokes.
Dr. Mohamed Teleb
Office #: (480) 412-8080
Fax #: (480) 412-8081
Email: info@strokevan.com
"Dr. Mohamed Teleb is a Neurointerventionalist, and stroke neurologist who is well-known for his expertise in managing and treating patients with acute stroke. He is affiliated with Banner Desert Medical Center, Banner Baywood Medical Center, and Banner University Medical Center."
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