Stroke care accessibility in EBR is limited The Stroke Care Pyramid (Source: KPLC) By Cali Hubbard | May 12, 2021 at 2:49 PM CDT - Updated May 12 at 2:51 PM BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Every minute matters when someone is having a stroke. According to the CDC, someone has a stroke in the US every 40 seconds and someone dies every four minutes. That’s why having the appropriate care nearby is crucial. “My left side became paralyzed and my speech shortly thereafter,” said Mark Napier, a Denham Springs stroke survivor. “I mean, I couldn’t say. It was unreal.” Napier was experiencing the symptoms of a stroke in August 2020. He knew it was crunch time getting to the hospital.