Listen to the Podcast
- 1:35 – Stroke statistics
- 4:22 – Stroke facts
- 7:13 – What is stroke
- 8:30 – Ischemic stroke
- 10:05 – Hemorrhagic stroke
- 10:50 – How to recognize stroke (F.A.S.T.)
- 11:55 – Facial drooping (unilateral)
- 13:14 – Arm weakness (is one arm numb)
- 15:39 – Speech difficulty (slurred speech)
- 16:36 – Time to call 911 (do not wait or drive to the hospital)
- 20:25 – Other symptoms of stroke (suddens)
- 23:03 – Act F.A.S.T.
- 24:33 – Questions
Katharina Villanueva, RN, BSN, CCRN-K, SCRN, CNRN, DN, CDP
Founder at Nest & Care, LLC
Kat is the founder of Nest & Care LLC, a Private Duty In-Home Care agency providing companion care, personal care and skilled nursing services to families in and around Montgomery County and Howard County, MD. For the past 15 years, she has devoted her nursing career to caring for patients with Neurologic or Neurosurgical conditions in the acute, subacute and chronic phases. She worked at Keck Medical Center of USC in Los Angeles, California before moving to Maryland where she exclusively worked with patients with stroke as a stroke program coordinator at Providence Hospital. She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing at University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines in 1998. Kat is married to Mikael, a pediatric surgeon. They have 3 boys and 3 dogs.
