The Pacific Southwest District cares deeply about its professional church workers and their families. Recently the Board of Directors of the District created a Healthy Leader/Healthy Workers position which expands the former work done under the name of Care for Professional Church Workers. This new ministry will resource church workers so that they may become healthier leaders in mind, body and spirit. This ministry also seeks to nourish worker's marriages and strengthen worker's families. We believe that healthy leaders make for healthy congregations and schools. Deployed staff person for the District, Rev. Ron Rehrer, has oversight of this ministry area. This includes direct counseling of worker families, referral to other counseling resources throughout the District, and providing prevention and educational workshops and resources (including this website) for the greater wellness of all leaders of our congregations and schools. We look forward to serving you.
Ron may be reached at 949.433.5182, or by e-mail at ronr007@earthlink.net. When emailing, please put in the subject line: Healthy Workers, Healthy Leaders. If you have counseling resources or other educational suggestions, we greatly welcome them. Please click on the following link to take you to the Healthy Leaders website. http://www.ronrehrer.com
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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 thre e 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.
