PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Paul Banerjee
AU  - Helene Koumans
AU  - Madison Danielle Weech
AU  - Maricela Wilson
AU  - Mark Rivera-Morales
AU  - Latha Ganti
TI  - AHORA: a Spanish language tool to identify acute stroke symptoms
AID  - 10.1136/svn-2021-001280
DP  - 2022 Apr 01
TA  - Stroke and Vascular Neurology
PG  - 176--178
VI  - 7
IP  - 2
4099  - http://svn.bmj.com/content/7/2/176.short
4100  - http://svn.bmj.com/content/7/2/176.full
SO  - Stroke Vasc Neurol2022 Apr 01; 7
AB  - 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.