A simple animation explaining what a stroke is, how to recognise the key symptoms, how it is treated, and what we can all do to prevent strokes from happening. We hope this video will be useful to you and those around you.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:37 How strokes occur
1:22 Getting help FAST
2:04 Types of stroke
3:21 TIAs
3:52 Stroke rehabilitation
4:44 Preventing strokes

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References and further information:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stroke/
https://patient.info/brain-nerves/str...
https://www.stroke.org.uk/what-is-stroke