When someone suffers a stroke, every minute matters. Now some firefighters are getting additional training that could help the next time they respond to the scene.
"The quicker we can recognize the symptoms of it, and get the patient to the ambulance and the hospital, the better chance they have for recovery," says Jason Burroughs, Conway Fire Captain.
A one time, 8-hour course, is helping Conway firefighters with additional training on stroke. Sharon Aureli brought the class to firefighters after learning there was a need for it.
"Time is brain. So for every minute that we prolong someone getting diagnosed or treated for a stroke, they're losing 2 million neurons per minute," says Sharon Aureli, Baptist Health ASLS Instructor.