by Summit Marketing | May 31, 2013 | All Blogs
Before National Stroke Awareness Month comes to an end, make sure you know this easy-to-remember tool to determine if someone might be having a stroke. Just remember to act FAST! Share your knowledge with those you care about and help empower more people with the...
by Summit Marketing | May 30, 2013 | All Blogs
To enhance awareness during National Stroke Awareness Month, the National Stroke Association launched the “Faces of Stroke” public awareness campaign in 2011 aimed at showing the personal side of stroke while educating about lifesaving stroke information. ...
by Summit Marketing | May 24, 2013 | All Blogs
There is new hope for stroke patients that have been told they will not be able to walk again after their stroke. A trio of Seattle, WA engineers have created the Kickstart device to get these patients mobile again. For Carl Simmons, the Kickstart device has given...
by Summit Marketing | May 21, 2013 | All Blogs
Occupational Therapy practitioners have been utilizing iPads in intervention strategies to address cognition, visual perception, motor coordination, handwriting, and other impairments. The benefits of an iPad are especially useful for students with special needs for...
by Summit Marketing | May 15, 2013 | All Blogs
Music Therapy patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt have partnered with Nashville community artists, musicians, producers, engineers, and other professionals to create the Everybody Has a Story CD. Each song on the CD is the result of a...
by Summit Marketing | May 13, 2013 | All Blogs
Stroke can strike suddenly and most people don’t know what is happening. For JoAnn Berkley of Cookeville, TN, she was lucky to have a friend that was a former nurse recognize the symptoms which allowed her to get to a hospital immediately. As soon as she...
