HeartKids Animations

Produced by HeartKids, our animation series provides clear, concise and entertaining information on living with CoHD to younger audiences.

Episode 1

Being a Heart Kid: learn about your unique heart

This animation has been designed to help children with childhood-onset heart disease (CoHD) better understand what it means to be a heart kid. This video steps children through what having a heart condition can mean, how it can affect their day-to-day life and what to look out for.

Episode 2

Heart Kid Heart Check-Ups: What to Expect

This animation has been designed to help young children with childhood-onset heart disease (CoHD) better understand what to expect when attending an outpatient cardiology appointment at the hospital.

Episode 3

High School as a Heart Kid: Navigating high school with childhood-onset heart disease

This animation has been designed to help young people with a congenital or childhood-acquired heart condition understand how to navigate the unique challenges of high school.

Episode 4

Gemma’s Bicillin Day: What to expect when receiving treatment for RHD

Watch as Gemma, a young girl with rheumatic heart disease (RHD), shares how she looks after her heart and what happens when she gets a bicillin treatment.