By Islam Gomaa, MD
Emergency Medicine, Blanchard Valley Hospital
You may have heard the phrase “time is muscle,” which refers to being evaluated quickly for a heart attack in order to use a catheter to open a blocked blood vessel and prevent heart damage. Likewise, the same principle applies in the case of a stroke.
Strokes are caused by a blockage of an artery carrying oxygen to the brain. Prompt evaluation in many cases leads to the use of a thrombolytic or clot buster to open the blockage. The restoration of blood flow can allow prompt recovery of function of the brain and prevent permanent damage, paralysis or function.
The event will take place on Friday, September 2 at Ada War Memorial Park prior to the Ada Bulldogs vs Hardin Northern Polar Bears game.
Tickets are $5 each. The $1,000 prize will be split between the numbers of the footballs that land in the helmet. You need not be present to win. The decision of the United Way judge is final.
It was 101 degrees but that didn’t stop 65 farmers and land owners from attending our Soil Health Field Day at Burkholder Healthy Farms in Cairo, Ohio.
Our field day was in partnership with Cargill and American Farmland Trust. We discussed soil health practices such as no till, planting cover crops, carbon sequestration, water infiltration, seed treatment options and much more.
