BALANCE
BALANCE -- WOULD YOU RECOGNIZE IF SOMEONE WAS HAVING A STROKE?
STROKE IS THE FIFTH
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH
FOR AMERICANS.
THE SOONER A STROKE
VICTIM RECEIVES MEDICAL
TREA+@TMENT, THE BETTER
THE OUTCOME.
A CALDWELL MOTHER
AND DAUGHTER ARE
LIVING PROOF...
IT'S STANDING ROO+@M
ONLY INSIDE VISION
CHARTER SCHOOL'S
ROOM 122 ... AND A
SPECIAL DAY FOR 8 YEAR
OLD KAILEY GEORGE. SHE'S
BEING HONORED FOR
SAVING HER MOTHER'S
LIFE.
LIFE.
"CANYON
"CANYON COUNTY PARAMEDICS LIFE SAVING AWARD PRESENTED TO
KAILEY GEORGE FOR YOUR
LIFE SAVING ACTIONS,"
SAID STEVE BLADOS,
CANYON COUNTY
+@PARAMEDICS.
"NICE JOB, KAILEY," SAID
BLADOS, THEN APPLAUSE
FROM CROWD.
THREE MONTHS AGO,
KAILEY'S MOM, CHRISTIE,
+@
SUFFERED+@ A STROKE.
KAILEY HAPPENED TO BE
HOME SICK...
"MY MOM WAS CLEANING
A LITTLE BIT AND THEN
SHE WENT INTO THE
BATHROOM AND THEN
SHE CAME OUT AND SHE
WAS ACTI+@NG FUNNY,"
SAID KAILEY GEORGE.
IT HAPPENED IN AN
INSTANT...
"AND HER FACE WAS LIKE
IN A WEIRD MOLD. IT'S
LIKE ONE SIDE WAS LIKE
SMILING AND THE OTHER
PART WAS DOWN HERE,"
SAID KAILEY GEORGE.
KAILEY HAD NEVER BEEN
TAUGHT THE SIGNS OF A
+@
KAILEY HAD NEVER BEEN TAUGHT THE SIGNS OF A STROKE, BUT SHE KNEW
SOMETHING WASN'T
RIGHT.
"SHE KEPT SAYING YOU'RE
NOT TALKING RIGHT,
+@YOU'RE NOT TALKING
RIGHT MOM. AND SO I GO
WELL MAYBE I'M THIRSTY,
GET ME A WATER. AND I
COULDN'T EVEN OPEN
THE WATER BECAUSE I
WAS PARALYZED," SAID
CHRISTIE GEORGE.
AND SHE'S LIKE I"M
CALLING 911. AND I'M
LIKE DON'T CALL 911 WE
DON'T NEED TO BUG
+@
LIKE DON'T CALL 911 WE DON'T NEED TO BUG THEM, I'M FINE," SAID
CHRISTIE GEORGE.
THANK GOODNESS, KAILEY
IGNORED HER MOM AND
CALLED FOR HELP...
"WHAT NUMBER DO YOU
CALL IF YOU HAVE AN
EMERGENCY," SAID
BLADOS IN FRONT OF
CLASSROOM. "911!"
SHOUTED STUDENTS.
ALMOST EVERYONE IN
THIS CLASSROOM HAD A
HAND IN SAVING
CHRISTIE'S LIFE...
THE 911 DISPATCHER
CALDWELL FIREFIGHTERS
...
THE EMT AND PARAMEDIC
FROM CANYON COUNTY
PARAMEDICS
AND WEST VALLEY
REGIONAL MEDICAL
CENTER
.
CENTER .
CENTER . +@" IT JUST FILL+@S MY HEART
TO S+@EE SUCH AN
+@
+@" IT JUST FILL+@S MY HEART TO S+@EE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE OUTCOME
BECAUSE OF A LITTLE GIRL
THAT KNEW TO CALL 911.
REPORTER ASKS, DO YOU
+@
THINK SHE SAVED HER
MOM'S LIFE? WITHOUT A
DOUBT SHE SAVED HER
MOM'S LIFE," SAID AMBER
CRAIG, CLINICAL NURSE
SUPERVISOR, WEST VALLEY
+@
CRAIG, CLINICAL NURSE SUPERVISOR, WEST VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL
CENTER.
DR. KAREN PORTH, A
NEUROLOGIST AT SAINT
ALPHONSUS IN BOISE,
ALSO CARED FOR
CHRISTIE. SHE SAYS
KAILEY IS THE TRUE FIRST
RESPONDER.
"I WAS SO STRUCK BY HER
POISE AND HER COURAGE
AND HOW SHE KNEW THE
RIGHT THING TO DO,"
SAID DR. KAREN
PORTH/NEUROLGOIST,
SAINT ALPHONSUS
IT WAS HER IDEA TO
RECOGNIZE KAILEY AT
SCHOOL SO THAT IT +@
COULD BE USED AS A
TEACHING MOMENT ,
STUDENTS LEARN FROM
THIS VIDEO, PLAYED IN
CLASS BY CANYON
COUNTY PARAMEDICS, TO
+@
ACT F.A.S.T.
"DOES HER FACE LOOK A
LITTLE BIT UNEVEN, DOES
ONE ARM DRIP DOWN, IS
HER SPEECH KIND OF
+@
COMING OUT STRANGELY,
THEN IT'S TIME, TIME, TIME
TO CALL 911," SAID PSA
COMMERCIAL
EVERY MINUTE MATTERS
WHEN
WHEN SOMEONE IS HAVING A STROKE...
+@
+@ "IF
+@ "IF SHE HAD NOT GOTTEN THERE IN TIME AND HER
STROKE HAD NOT BEEN
TREATED ACUTELY SHE
WOULD HA+@VE BEEN LEFT
WITH A DEFICIT AFFECTING
HER SPEECH, HER
MO+@VEMENT, HER ABILITY
TO RETURN TO WORK, HER
ABILITY TO DRIVE, HER
ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF
HER KIDS. SO IT'S A
MAJOR, MAJOR LIFE
CHANGING EVENT, IT CAN
BE," SAID DR. PORTH.
CHRI+@STIE HAS NO SIDE
EF+@FECTS FROM HER
STROKE BECAUSE KAILEY
ACTED F.A.S.T, SOMETHING
+@
STROKE BECAUSE KAILEY ACTED F.A.S.T, SOMETHING SHE THANKS HER
DAUGHTER FOR EVERYDAY.
"DO I TELL YOU THAT ALL
THE TIME. OH, YEA. OH MY
GOSH, SHE JUST CAN'T
STOP TALKING ABOUT IT.
BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE
SHE REALIZES WHAT IF SHE
WASN'T THERE. WHAT IF I
WENT TO SLEEP, WHAT IF I
TOOK A NAP BECAUSE I
THOUGHT OH I'M JUST
TIRED AND DIDN'T W+@AKE
UP," SAID CHRISTIE AND
KAILEY GEORGE.
"IT'S SO AMAZING. IT'S AN
AWESOME
AWESOME AWARD," SAID CHRISTIE GEORGE.
CHRISTIE GEORGE.
ANYONE
ANYONE CAN HAVE A STROKE+@, EVERYONE SHOULD BE PREPARED.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF
THIS YEAR, SAINT
ALPHONSUS HAS TREATED
435 STROKE PATIENTS.
THE FOUR LETTERS TO
REMEMBER: F-A-S-T.
IF SOMEONE SHOWS ANY
OF THESE SYMPTOMS:
FACE DROOPING, ARM
WEAKNESS AND SPEECH
DIFFICULTY -- IT'S TIME TO
CALL 9-1-1.
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