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SCA Foundation Launches You Can Save a Life at School(TM) Campaign
PITTSBURGH, PA – Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) threatens lives every day in classrooms and sports fields across the country. To help save more lives, the Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Foundation has launched an awareness campaign for schools that includes a mini-magazine, You Can Save a Life at School(TM), and a companion website, www.sca-aware.org/… Read More
Young Mother of Five, Saved by Her Husband
My name is Greta Standish. I am a mother of 5 and I am 39 years old and also 2 ½ years old. September 2, 2006 was the day my life changed forever. The first part of my story will be told from the recollection of others – the story may be incomplete because my husband, who is a major part in this story does not like to talk about this. It is simply… Read More
Juddson Rupp's Story
It started like any other day, but I decided to exercise first thing that Thursday morning. At 7 a.m., my heart stopped pumping blood while I was exercising at the YMCA, and I nearly died. Before my heart went into ventricular fibrillation, I was the picture of health. Although I had a pre-existing heart condition known as hypertrophic… Read More
Eric Vogen's Story
On Father's Day 2007, I fell down dead just feet from the finish line of the Latta Plantation Triathlon. I don't mean that I was exhausted. I mean my heart stopped beating. An EMT, one of eight who worked to revive me, recalls my last breath. I only remember a few seconds of dizziness and then darkness. Paramedics run to Vogen's rescue after he… Read More
Soccer Star or Miss America?
Michaela Gagne, Falls River, MA – 15 at time of event (1998) As a teenager Michaela was not thinking about crowns and gowns. She preferred shorts and boots—soccer boots that is. Despite her ambition to be a Division 1 player Michaela was crowned Miss Massachusetts in 2006 and went on to compete for the title of Miss America 2007. Her platform… Read More
Hillsborough Fitness Club Faces Lawsuit in EMT’s Death
Family: Defibrillator wasn't used in time MORRIS, N.J. -- Thomas Durkin wasn't just an emergency medical technician. The former president of the Kendall Park First Aid Squad was passionate about safety. That's why his family believes the South Brunswick man knew he was within inches of a device that could have helped save him after he collapsed at… Read More
Gary Terry - AHA Texas Chapter Chairman Survives SCA
Eight months earlier the AED that saved Gary was installed at the Austin airport security checkpoint. Gary collapsed within 18 feet of the AED and was revived with the unit within four minutes. He lives to tell the tale. You can see it all happen, the rescue was captured on the security camera! - click here for the CNN video.
A Walk to Work Ends With a Miracle
Michael McKee, Minneapolis, MN – 58 at time of event (2008) Michael struggles to maintain a healthy weight. He is committed to it. So much so that he walks the four miles or so to work and back each day. It’s quite pleasant, along the Mississippi river, past the University of Minnesota, and the University Hospital. “It was a… Read More
She’s Not Joking
Anne Duffy, Moorestown, NJ – 37 at time of event (2007) It was a stressful week in early December, and their son’s fifth birthday party had taken it’s toll. They were relaxing on the sofa together, after dinner. Anne felt dizzy and some nausea. She started to say “I think I’m going to pass out,” but didn’t get that far. David felt her fall into… Read More