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No Wins, Too Many Losses 

What do high school football players Tyquan Brantley, 14, of South Carolina, D.J. Searcy, 16, of Georgia, Isaiah Laurencin, 16, of Florida, Forest Jones, 16, of Georgia, Samuel Gitt, 17, of Pennsylvania, and high school football coach Wade McClain, 55, of Texas have in common? They all reached the end zone far too soon—crushed by a formidable opponent, sudden cardiac arrest. More...

 

SCA Foundation Elects New Directors

October has been filled with activities around the country to raise awareness and help save lives threatened by sudden cardiac arrest. Here are some things we've been up to:

*Hosting the 2009 Genesis Awards Reception to honor Mike Piccione and the other Rhinebeck High School heroes who saved the life of Kaitlin Forbes, a case highlighted in our You Can Save a Life at School (tm) campaign. Read More

*Working to raise awareness in Allegheny County, PA. Read More

*Working to raise awareness about sudden cardiac arrest at the World Series. Read More

SCA Foundation News
May 2009

Welcome to SCA Foundation News, a service of the nonprofit Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation.
Our mission is to raise awareness about sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and support programs that give ‘ordinary’ people the power to save lives.
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SCA Foundation News
February 2009

Welcome to SCA Foundation News, a service of the nonprofit Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation.
Our mission is to raise awareness about sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and support programs that give ‘ordinary’ people the power to save lives.
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SCA Foundation Launches You Can Save a Life™ at School Campaign

SCA Foundation News
August 2008

Welcome to SCA Foundation News, a service of the nonprofit Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation.
Our mission is to raise awareness about sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and support programs that give ‘ordinary’ people the power to save lives.

SCA Foundation Announces National SCA Awareness Campaign for Schools

This is our first edition of the SCA Foundation Newsletter, designed to help you stay informed and raise the awareness.

The SCA Foundation, a nonprofit organization, has been established to help increase awareness about this public health crisis and reduce death and disability from SCA, through our website and other initiatives.

SCA Foundation Launches New Website

The Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Foundation is pleased to announce it has launched a new website. Not only does it have a great new look, it is also rich in content and offers an online community and opportunities for blogging. The new website also makes it easy to share articles with a friend. Check it out at www.sca-aware.org.

 SCA Foundation News
June 2008

Welcome to SCA Foundation News, a service of the nonprofit Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Foundation.

This is our first edition of the SCA Foundation Newsletter, designed to help you stay informed and raise the awareness.

We all know that cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaver. Some of us also know how to “pump and blow.” So it’s good news that CPR is now easier to perform.

Recently the American Heart Association (AHA) has accepted the findings of several studies that suggest sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) victims may be better off without mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

That’s not to say the victims don’t need CPR. The change comes from the realization that it’s critical to immediately get the blood circulating again—which is what continuous-chest-compression (CCC) does if performed correctly—to have any chance of survival.