Talk:FAST (stroke)

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FAST is, or at least was, Face Arm Speech Test edit

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The second reference, which currently ends up at https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/01.str.0000044170.46643.5e clearly identifies that FAST at least originally was the simpler Face Arm Speech Test (and that the first two expand to Facial and Arm Movements).

The first reference, which currently ends up at http://www.strokeassociation.org/STROKEORG/WarningSigns/Stroke-Warning-Signs-and-Symptoms_UCM_308528_SubHomePage.jsp does use the more complex Face drooping Arm weakness Speech difficulty Time to call … HuwG 110.145.208.214 (talk) 08:27, 22 August 2018 (UTC)Reply