LiveBIG: Reducing Severity of Strokes

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07/16/2020 Added

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Like a neural form of CPR, University of Nebraska researchers have created a device that, through simple puffs of air applied to the face and hands, helps open new circulatory pathways in the critical few minutes after a stroke has occurred.

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[00:00:01.610]It is very much a brain version of CPR.
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[00:00:08.000]During a stroke
[00:00:08.833]millions of neurons die every minute.
[00:00:10.960]Time is so crucial.
[00:00:13.330]Our approach
[00:00:14.320]is to protect the brain at the very onset.
[00:00:17.690]The goal is to expand the toolbox
[00:00:19.870]of interventions.
[00:00:22.000]Our device stimulates the hand and face
[00:00:24.450]with puffs of air.
[00:00:26.250]That stimulation sends signals to the brain
[00:00:29.090]which open up new pathways for blood to flow.
[00:00:32.040]Getting blood to reach the brain
[00:00:33.810]buys you time.
[00:00:34.870]This approach has no
[00:00:36.860]apparent side affects.
[00:00:38.660]It's very low cost
[00:00:40.440]and it's very, very efficient.
[00:00:42.650]These devices are portable
[00:00:44.250]and inexpensive
[00:00:45.300]and they could really change
[00:00:46.560]the standard of care.
[00:00:47.950]Ultimately, they could be placed anywhere
[00:00:49.950]so that stroke is not nearly as
[00:00:51.810]scary as it once was,
[00:00:53.390]and this could impact a lot of people,
[00:00:55.460]and that would be very incredible.

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