Archive - Feb 8, 2010

Join the SCA Foundation Team at the Pittsburgh Marathon on May 2nd

PITTSBURGH,
PA--The
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation will be participating as an
Affiliate Charity Partner at this year's DIck's Sporting Goods
Pittsburgh Marathon--the nation's third largest marathon--on May 2.

Runners
who join our team--and their personal motivation to raise awareness
about sudden cardiac arrest -- will be acknowledged on our website,
with permission.  If you would like to run in in memory of a loved one
lost to sudden cardiac arrest, or to honor the heroes who saved your
loved one's life, this could be the race of a lifetime. We welcome your testimonials
and photos.

Join the SCA Foundation Team at the Pittsburgh Marathon on May 2nd

PITTSBURGH,
PA--The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation will be participating as an
Affiliate Charity Partner at this year's DIck's Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon--the nation's third largest marathon--on May 2.

Runners
who join our team--and their personal motivation to raise awareness
about sudden cardiac arrest -- will be acknowledged on our website,
with permission.  If you would like to run in in memory of a loved one
lost to sudden cardiac arrest, or to honor the heroes who saved your
loved one's life, this could be the race of a lifetime. We welcome your testimonials
and photos.

Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation Urges Passage of H.B. 1803

Harrisburg, PA--The Pennsylvania House of
Representatives Education Committee, chaired by  James R. Roebuck (D), and Paul Clymer (R), announced it will hear testimony regarding readiness for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in schools across the
Commonwealth on Wednesday, February 10th at 9:00 am at
the Matthew Ryan Office Building in Harrisburg.

Due to inclement weather, the hearing has be postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date.

American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology Issue Joint Statement

DALLAS -- Hospital care providers need to be more aware
that cardiac arrest from a medication-induced heart rhythm problem is a rare
but potentially catastrophic event in patients, according to a joint scientific
statement from the American Heart Association and American College of
Cardiology.