Stroking

[len_sp]

Since strokes are what kills people on both sides of my family (of course, I'll be killed by an angry mob of my closest friends, co-workers and family members), I thought I'd post 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

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[dichroic]

The problem I have with this is one that's very common in flight training - the acronym is not any easier to remember than the thing it's supposed to help you with. A mnemonic you can't remember under stress isn't much help.

On the theory that the sillier a mnemonic is, the easier it is to remember, I'd suggest telling people to test for stroke by asking the victim to pretend to be Muhammad Ali after winning a big fight: big smile, both arms raised in victory, and repeat "Float like a butterfly". (After all, if the victim says clearly "You want me to say what?" they still pass that test.)