Finally an answer

Hello, My son had an SCA last July (16 years old). I just received his genetic testing results which was positive for Long QT Syndrome. If anybody can give me information I would appreciate it. Thanks! Teri

2 SCA/OHCA Saves In One Year

Call it being at the right place at the right time but I am fortunate to have saved two SCA victims in the past year. The most recent occurred just over 2 weeks ago. Here is a link to the story http://patch.com/california/cupertino/area-exec-saves-heart-attack-vict… The most important thing is… Read More

CPR, AEDs Save Lives

On April 11, a bystander and two police officers saved the life of a man who had been walking in South Park (Pittsburgh, PA) when he suddenly collapsed in cardiac arrest. On April 22, Pittsburgh police officers and paramedics saved the life of a fellow officer who suffered cardiac arrest in the… Read More

Unbelievable... It will be one week tomorrow since my husband had "sudden death"

I am scared and thankful. Praise God for this miracle. He was released from hospital on Friday so "cardiac Rehab" hasn't started. hopefully they will call tomorrow cause he keeps asking me. Nights are the worse..he can't sleep and seems anxious. He seems so, so distant right now. Watching the… Read More

Florida Supreme Court Narrowly Limits AED Immunity Protections and Finds There May be a Duty to Use School-Based AEDs

The Florida Supreme Court, in a decision handed down on April 2, 2015, denied AED Good Samaritan immunity protection to the Lee County School District (Florida) and said a jury trial should decide whether the District had an obligation to use a nearby automated external defibrillator (AED) on a… Read More

14 yr old Athlete - LV Hypertrophy non-compaction - Now What?

My son is an accomplished athlete. He participates in local, regional, national and international events and has been very successful. He trains hard. Sometimes during practice he will feel dizzy or light headed. He has never passed out. Sometimes while not training or competing (while at rest… Read More

Quintuple Bypass in 1998, Seven Marathons Since, SCA March 4, 2015

I am certainly lucky to be alive today. I have been a runner since age 30 in 1977, motivated by my then 2-year-old son and a high cholesterol count. Over the next 20 years, I added weight-lifting and yoga to my weekly exercises. After passing age 48, the age my father died from a heart attack, I… Read More

Help Save the Rural AED Program!

President Obama has zeroed out funding in his FY 2016 budget for HRSA’s Rural and Community Access to Emergency Devices Program—the program designed to save lives from cardiac arrest with automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Now it is up to Congress to restore funding for this life-saving… Read More

LAFD to Launch Pulsepoint Smartphone APP and Announce CPR Training Initiative with LA Unified School District

Thank you to Mayor Eric Garcetti for supporting the work of PulsePoint to ensure our future adult bystanders will take the necessary steps to provide early emergency care to Sudden Cardiac Arrest victims. Today, the Los Angeles Fire Department joined with the PulsePoint Foundation and The Wireless… Read More

American Heart Association Teams with Assemblymember Rodriguez to Train a Generation of Lifesavers

New legislation would help keep communities safe by requiring lifesaving CPR training before graduation SACRAMENTO, February 13, 2015 – A bill introduced to the state legislature holds the power to create a generation of lifesavers in California by requiring that schools teach students Cardio… Read More