Four panel picture of the F A S T Stroke response

Introducing Stroke to Children

Helping children to understand chronic diseases can be challenging. In order to help elementary school aged children learn about strokes, we have created this animated video. If children better understand strokes, they can help save teachers, grandparents, and more by being able to recognize that something is wrong and get help promptly. If blood flow can be restored to the brain within three hours of the onset of symptoms, permanent brain damage can be avoided1.  The sooner a child can respond, the more they can help.

1. Goodwin, B. (n.d.). F-A-S-T Response to Stroke Symptoms Saves Brain Function. Retrieved March 08, 2016, from https://www.cayugamed.org/content.cfm?page=library

5 thoughts on “Introducing Stroke to Children

  1. This was really informative. Thinking from a child’s perspective, I think that it might be a little wordy and not super fun. Having a background music or a character I think would help. The information was really good though. Nice job!

  2. I like how simple this was and it provided good information. I think maybe some background music would really help the content back a punch. But nevertheless, really good job!

  3. This information was very age appropriate and presented at an understandable level, I think you could have used some drawings to help illustrate the recovery position a little clearer.

  4. Great job on this video. I really liked how you made it an educational video on how to react to stroke versus making a video on what a stroke is. Very clear message, I could see a video like this used schools.

  5. I like how your drawing board is about alerting children to the signs of stroke instead of just information them what stroke is. Even I didn’t know about the recovery position. Nice drawings too; good job.

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