La Fundación Sacyr, en línea con el Programa Sacyr Saludable para fomentar un estilo de vida saludable, organizó la conferencia “Todos podemos tener una arruga en nuestro traje de Superman" y un curso de formación para voluntarios con el objetivo de conocer un poquito más el ictus.
The Sacyr Foundation, in line with the Sacyr Health program to promote a healthy lifestyle among Sacyr employees, organized the talk "Anyone can have a crease on their Superman suit" and a training course for Sacyr volunteers to learn more about strokes.
Julio Agredano, President of Fundación Freno al ICTUS, was the speaker at the event and he shared his personal experience as a recovered stroke patient and gave the training session to our volunteers.
Fundación Freno al ICTUS organizes awareness-rasing activities on strokes and stroke prevention.
Agredano gave some key takeaways about stroke as a condition: with over 120,000 stroke patients every year in Spain, it's the 2nd leading cause of death in this country and the 1st for women. One in every four people will have a stroke at some point in their lives.
Strokes affect elders and young people, so it's key to lead a healthy lifestyle and raise awareness about this condition in order to prevent it and recognize when a stroke is happening.
"There is a very narrow 4-hour time window to act in the event of a stroke to prevent death. Symptoms like a droopy mouth, inability to lift the arms, incoherent speech or sharp, onset headache are possible stroke symptoms, and the first thing you should do is call an ambulance to have the person brought to the hospital ASAP", Agredano explained.
These data are explained in detail at project Heroes at home, created as an educational program to teach kids in school age to identify a stroke.
The goal is to raise awareness among the younger population and train them to recognize stroke symptoms and teach them how to act.
We aim to create a community of Heroes at home so that they are prepared to save lives and prevent consequences after a stroke episode.