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Jayden Rodriguez named winner of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation's 2023 “People Saving People” Award
Jayden Rodriguez has been named winner of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation’s 2023 “People Saving People Award” for helping save the life of Amy Sauro on November 24, 2020. The announcement and award presentation took place at the Citizen CPR Foundation’s Cardiac Arrest Survival Summit in San Diego, CA. The purpose of the award is to highlight… Read More
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation presents overview of the Cardiac Arrest Survivor Alliance at international conference
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation representatives presented “Multi-disciplinary perspectives on improving cardiac arrest survivorship and launch of a novel peer-support community” at the Citizen CPR Foundation's international Cardiac Arrest Survival Summit in San Diego. Joe Farrell, Alex Presciutti, PhD, Mary Newman, Sarah Perman, MD, and Steve… Read More
Mindfulness-based intervention shows promise for PTSD in cardiac arrest survivors
A novel pilot study that combines mindfulness and exposure intervention shows promise for reducing symptoms of post-traumatic stress in survivors of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), a leading cause of death in the United States. Each year, more than 356, 000 Americans have an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, with 90 precent of them fatal. Studies show… Read More
Critical care of patients after cardiac arrest is crucial, needs more research
A new Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association and the Neurocritical Care Society addresses gaps in knowledge about intensive care after cardiac arrest Statement Highlights: Intensive care management of cardiac arrest survivors is important and influences survival and neurological outcomes. This collaborative statement from a… Read More
Drones enabled the use of defibrillators before ambulance arrival
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have evaluated the possibility of alerting drones equipped with automated external defibrillators (AED) to patients with suspected cardiac arrest. In more than half of the cases, the drones were ahead of the ambulance by an average of three minutes. In cases where the patient was in cardiac arrest, the drone-… Read More
Trial to prevent sudden death after a heart attack enrolls first patient
The first clinical trial to challenge the routine implantation of a defibrillator in myocardial infarction survivors with heart failure has enrolled its first patient. The PROFID EHRA trial is part of the EU-funded PROFID project, which aims to personalize the prevention of sudden cardiac death after myocardial infarction and involves a consortium… Read More
Commotio cordis is real and awareness can save lives, experts say
Coverage in Heart Rhythm Case Reports details a commotio cordis event experienced by an 18-year-old basketball player who went into cardiac arrest after being hit in the chest PHILADELPHIA, PA -- A new case report appearing in Heart Rhythm Case Reports, an official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society published by Elsevier, details the commotio… Read More
SCA Foundation wins 2023 Top Rated Award from GreatNonprofits
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation has won a 2023 Top-Rated Award from GreatNonprofits. We are proud of our accomplishments this year, including launch of the Cardiac Arrest Survivor Alliance, an online support community for Survivors, Co-Survivors, Lay Rescuers and Advocates. The Top-Rated Nonprofit award was based on the many positive reviews… Read More
Cedars-Sinai investigators move closer to predicting sudden cardiac arrest
Sudden cardiac arrest remains a deadly and complex condition, but investigators in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have discovered a new method—using a widely available cardiovascular test—for predicting the heart malfunction. “This is proof of a novel concept that while our current prediction methods measure a snapshot in time,… Read More