The book -
Open your heart

We want to empower young heart patients. Our book serves as a companion and help in difficult times. Thanks to our journalistic expertise in the field of cardiac medicine, we were able to prepare medically relevant content in a child-friendly and understandable way. Our aim is to provide a little support for children and their relatives and friends who are affected by heart disease.

A look inside the book

The communication tool between child, parents and doctors

Our book is multifunctional and uses a special visual approach as well as an implied folding technique. It offers content to stick on, colour in and join in to support young patients. At the same time, it encourages dialogue between patients, parents and the hospital team. Our features include:

Child-friendly and easy-to-understand explanations of medical content
Psychological support in expressing and processing feelings
Playful elements to fill in, colour in, stick in and join in
Interactive functions to promote dialogue between patients, parents, doctors and nursing staff
Documentation of the progression and experience of the illness
Personal stories to encourage identification

Suitable for children with heart disease from 4 to 11 years of age

Key features of the book

: Interactive content to stick on, colour in and fill out
: Child-friendly documentation of patients' personal experiences
: Improved communication between patients, parents and the hospital team
: Visual explanations supported by health agents
: Easy-to-understand medical presentation

Our health agents Mrs Piecks and Mr Pust provide empathetic support and clarification.

The heart song to sing along to!
All animals need a break

The heart song as an encouraging song for children and adults!
You can download the song here.

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The brand –
Open your heart

Our aim is to support young patients by presenting medical content in a way that is suitable for young people and laypeople. Our empathetic approach begins with an open heart and a dialogue at eye level. Our brand name is therefore also our mission. The book for children with heart disease is our first realised medium. We are planning further media for various illnesses as well as a health book. Our books are intended to serve as a means of communication between patients, doctors, carers, parents and carers and to help convey informative, interactive, documentary and visual content.

HEALTH

Health is the most important thing in life. We explain in a child- and layman-friendly way what the body needs and what to look out for. Exercise and nutrition also play a major role. A book that educates and playfully describes a healthy way of life. In particular, our health agents Mrs Piecks and Mr Pust have their say.

DIABETES

"Diabetes mellitus" is also known colloquially as "diabetes". We explain how the body deals with sugar from food, how the pancreas works and what insulin is and how it works. There is also a lot of content in this book to fill in, join in and of course the health agents.

OBESITY

Excessive weight can be caused by an unhealthy diet or heredity. We provide explanations of the disease, explain the metabolism, motivate people to exercise and eat healthily - especially with the integrated "lose weight game" - and provide empathetic support.

ALLERGIES

Our body can react to various things with a defence reaction. We explain the immune system, allergy tests, allergies in general and what happens in the body when you have an allergic reaction and which therapies help. Always accompanied by our health agents.

ASTHMA

We start with an explanation of the bronchial tubes and lungs and explain the disease. We differentiate between allergic and non-allergic asthma, explain the inhaler and treatment and what coughing is all about. We would also like to support, educate and provide loving care.

SKIN

The skin is our largest organ in terms of surface area. We take a general approach in this book: Explaining the skin and its function, skin colours, pigments and dealing with skin diseases in general.

RHEUMATISM

Inflammatory rheumatic diseases in children are most frequently joint inflammations, which also subside, in contrast to chronic joint inflammations, connective tissue inflammations or vascular inflammations. We explain the diseases and the contents of the book are also intended to help people understand them and to encourage them.

The team

We are people of the heart and would like to use our medical expertise, creativity and empathy to help make the world a little "healer" and offer support for sick children. Our team consists of Florian, Daniel, Frauke and Regina.

About the author
Regina Iglauer-Sander

Following my heart and not losing courage has always been the most important thing for me. My career path led me from training as a federal police officer to studying German language and literature, linguistics and history (Mag. Art.) to journalism. As the owner of the media agency Coaching+Communication in Berlin, my focus for many years has been in the field of medicine. Among other things, I worked for nine years as an external press officer for the German Society for Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery. The idea for the brand and the first book came about during a press conference for the presentation of the German Heart Report and after my visit to a paediatric cardiology ward in Erlangen.

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The book - Open your heart