Stroke Program (AR SAVES) (COVID-19 Social Distancing)
Active Community Outreach Ideas
Active Events (requires a video interaction using Zoom or other virtual platforms)
- Patient Stroke Education – Discuss BE FAST with patients during discharge process. Provide BE FAST magnet to take home or ink pen to sign discharge paperwork then to keep.
- Provide Stroke Awareness PSA or Video – Post a recorded stroke presentation or video. If you are not going to be speaking or educating during the event, it is passive.
- Virtual Reading of Grandpa’s Crooked Smile – Using a virtual platform, share your screen as you read the e-book. Tutorials are available with your Stroke Program Health Educator.
https://www.midmichigan.org/conditions-treatments/neuroscience/stroke/childrens-book/
Alternatively, provide the link to the read-along version to teachers and other community members to play during lunch or other during the school day.
- Social Media Post – Create a social media post that provides stroke awareness. It must include a picture and stroke messaging. All comments, likes, and shares are active participants reached. If you have the owner view, “engagements” are active, and “people reached” is passive. Review social media guidelines PowerPoint from November All Sites Minutes. (Counted as an active event only if accompanied by a different active event. Otherwise, it is passive.)
- Go “live” on Social Media– Access your hospital Facebook page; use the live feature to share/educate on the signs and symptoms of a stroke. After you have finished the “live”, others are able to see it later and you can gain engagements or views. This event can be done while creating projects for competitions (ex: BE FAST Tree competition, Spooky Stroke Pumpkin, etc.). (Counted as an active event only if accompanied by a different active event. Otherwise, it is passive.)
- COVID-19 related PSA– Share COVID-19 PSA on your social media. (Counted as an active event only if accompanied by a different active event. Otherwise, it is passive.)
- COVID-19 Screening Station -After COVID-19 screening, provide stroke education using BE FAST and give the person stroke material for example ink pen or stress brain. If you or screeners are just handing out material and not educating, this is a passive event.
- COVID-19 All Sites Call- Joining the virtual COVID-19 All Sites Call will be marked as an active event.
- Virtual Stroke Awareness Presentation– Schedule a virtual presentation with local schools, nursing students, organizations, businesses, and hospital nurses/staff, etc. Prepare a presentation or a list of what to discuss and leave time for questions. Your Stroke Program Health Educator can provide presentation materials.
- Virtual Meetings– Using a virtual platform, provide five brief stroke awareness points to meeting attendees using BE FAST.
Stroke Program (AR SAVES) (COVID-19 Social Distancing)
Passive Community Outreach Ideas
Passive Events (Does not require face to face interaction or education)
- Social media post– create a social media post that provides stroke awareness. It must include a picture and stroke verbiage. If the post has no comments, likes, or shares, but shows people reached then it is passive.
- Advertise on-screen in lobby/around the hospital– using a BE FAST pdf, stroke education presentation, stroke awareness video.
| Place BE FAST message on hospital message board, cafeteria or elevators | Social Media Post on stroke signs and symptoms |
| Place stroke educational materials in hospital waiting rooms | Article in the employee newsletter |
| Newspaper article about local stroke survivor | Send BE FAST Bookmarks to local library |
| Brochures distributed to local Rehab, Nursing Home, Pharmacy’s, Restaurants, etc. | Place stroke magnets, ink pens or brochures in Emergency Department |
| Place stroke education in hospital discharge packets | Mail Physician Toolkits to local clinics |
| Mail BE FAST brochures with appointment notices | Table tents in local restaurants, hospital cafeteria, waiting rooms |
| Place an article in the local newspaper about stroke program, stroke survivor or National Stroke Awareness Month in May | Hospital education bags including magnets, brochures, stress brains, etc. |
| Stroke Education posters and materials placed in laundry businesses | Stroke video playing in hospital lobby or waiting rooms |
| Table toppers in the vending machine area at the hospital | Provide stroke magnets, ink pens or brochures to local pharmacies, banks, etc. |
Stroke Program (AR SAVES) Community Outreach Ideas
Active Events (requires a face to face interaction)
| Stroke Booth at: Health Fairs, Alzheimer’s Walk, Breast Cancer Walk, Fall Festival, Sports events, Tournaments | Stroke Booth at State Emergency Nurses Association Conference School Nurse Workshop or other local conferences | Stroke Booth at the Community Chili Cook-off, County Fair, College Career Fair, Craft Show, Go Red Event booth |
| Company Annual Meeting In-service | MASH/CHAMPS student presentation | Chuck-Wagon Races World Championship booth |
| Community college nursing student’s presentation | Coder’s workshop presentation | Nursing staff in-service |
| Department of Human Services Presentation | Dietary Manager Meeting or In Service | Presentation to local fire department employees |
| EAST Lab student presentation | Eating Healthy seminar at Senior Clinic | Stroke Presentation to Hospital Auxiliary Members |
| EMT and Paramedic student presentations | Entergy in-service and safety meeting | Farm Bureau Health and Wellness Committee |
| Hospital manager’s team meeting | ICU In-service Outreach | State Emergency Nurses Association Conference |
| School District CPR Training | Slam Dunk Night at a high school basketball game | Give stroke presentation to Hospital Auxiliary Pink Ladies at their monthly meeting |
| Mega Brain stroke education in K-12 schools | Television/Radio interview to educate on BE FAST | Lunch & Learn presentation |
| Community Stroke education presentation for health and safety meeting | New employee orientation/ In-Service | Materials handed out at community Christmas tree lighting ceremony |
| Presentation to County Ministerial Alliance | Presentation to Girl Scout Troop | Strike Out Stroke Baseball Game |
| Presentations to Rotary Club, Kiwanis Club, Daycares, Girl/ Boy Scouts | Senior citizen center presentation | Swing Out Stroke Golf Tournament |
| Salt Bowl Football Game booth | Tackle Stroke Night at a high school football game |