As with a heart attack, people with a brain attack need rapid evaluation and treatment in an emergency department. The goal of Summa's Center for Stroke Care is to provide the highest quality in comprehensive acute care stroke interventions and treatments, hospital care, rehabilitation, and preventative strategies for stroke and to improve the health and quality of life for stroke victims and their families. A stroke, also known as a brain attack , cuts off vital supplies of blood and oxygen to the brain cells that control everything we do - from speaking, to walking, to breathing. A brain attack happens when an artery leading to or in the brain becomes blocked or ruptures.
Brain arteries can rupture when weak spots on the blood vessel wall break.
Just as with a heart attack, a person suffering a stroke requires immediate medical evaluation and treatmentin order to insure the best possible recovery. A number of factors, some that can be controlled and others that cannot, can lead lead to a stroke. How to Prevent a Brain Attack A brain attack is one of the most preventable of all life-threatening health problems. Some risk factors are controllable and others are not. With proper attention to your controllable risk factors, the impact of uncontrollable ones can be greatly reduced.