Safa, aged nine, spotted the symptoms of a stroke because she had learned about them at school.
A schoolgirl who spotted that her grandmother was having a stroke and raised the alarm has been given a bravery award.
Helen Matthews, the teaching assistant who ran the extra-curricular first aid lesson, was also honoured. Safa said: "I remember going to my grandma's house. When she sat down in the bed I tried to give her some breakfast, but she couldn't pick it up."So I called my mum and said 'you need to call an ambulance, grandma's having a stroke', so she did."Safa said: "It was a major, major stroke. I feel really happy and excited that my grandma is still here."
"She'd given her some sort of breakfast and she couldn't hold it. But also her face had dropped and she couldn't speak."It it hadn't been for Miss Matthews teaching her the signs, then my mum wouldn't be here."Ms Matthews said one of her roles was to teach first aid from Year 1 up to Year 6.
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