Volunteers help Skid Row residents ‘Know the Signs’

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Volunteers participate in the 2017 Skid Row Carnival of Love, held Jan. 28 in Los Angeles. (Photo/Courtesy Keck School of Medicine of USC)

Volunteers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC division of neurocritical care and stroke participated in the 2017 Skid Row Carnival of Love recently.

The annual event, held Jan. 28, provides members of the Los Angeles homeless community with access to a wide range of services, with volunteers providing education about stroke and free blood pressure screenings to more than 175 Skid Row residents.