Good advice unless it is a stroke caused by a brain bleed. But that one usually causes unconsciousness after a while.
My husband had a bleed in his brain (I knew it was a stroke, but not a bleed) back in 2001. I took him to the ER and after a while a nurse came in and said an aspirin had been ordered. I kept saying are you sure as he is on Coumadin (had an artificial Aortic Valve) She said yes. Over and over I kept asking her and she kept saying yes. So I reluctantly let her give it. Then she came in again with a Nitro Patch and put it on him. I knew something was not right as I knew he was not having heart problems. She got him and the patient in the next cubby mixed up. The bleed ended up about 3 inches. After a month in rehab and determination he was going to drive again, he got to where he could. After another open heart surgery to replace the artificial valve with a pig valve (in 2010) and the years since the bleed, he has been going down hill. Has a lot of difficulty walking.