@article {Banerjee176, author = {Paul Banerjee and Helene Koumans and Madison Danielle Weech and Maricela Wilson and Mark Rivera-Morales and Latha Ganti}, title = {AHORA: a Spanish language tool to identify acute stroke symptoms}, volume = {7}, number = {2}, pages = {176--178}, year = {2022}, doi = {10.1136/svn-2021-001280}, publisher = {BMJ Specialist Journals}, abstract = {Objective To develop a Spanish language tool for acute stroke identification.Methods A Spanish language translation of the Balance-Eyes-Face-Arm-Speech-Time tool was developed within our emergency medical services agency.Results The authors present a new prehospital stroke tool, Andar, Hablar, Ojos, Rostro and Ambos Brazos o Piernas (AHORA) (which means now in Spanish) to help combat the language barrier and reinforce the necessity to call 9-1-1 as soon as any stroke symptoms are noted.Conclusion AHORA is a Spanish language tool that aims to help Spanish-speaking individuals to identify an acute stroke and obtain prompt help.}, issn = {2059-8688}, URL = {https://svn.bmj.com/content/7/2/176}, eprint = {https://svn.bmj.com/content/7/2/176.full.pdf}, journal = {Stroke and Vascular Neurology} }