SCA Foundation served as an expert source for this article, which mentions its program, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Alliance.
"When people say death is just a part of life, I take that very literally," 39-year-old Lauren Canaday told Newsweek.
Eight months ago, Canaday, who lives in Virginia, experienced a sudden cardiac arrest—sudden loss of heart function, typically due to an irregular heart rhythm, leading to the stopping of blood flow to the body—in her home, resulting in her being clinically dead for a staggering 24 minutes. Now, she is working to share her experience of life after a near-death encounter.
Canaday, who has been on medication for controlled epilepsy for years, suffered a grand mal seizure, that causes violent muscle contractions and loss of consciousness, in her home and stopped breathing.
"My husband was across the hall and heard me say, 'oh s***,'" Canaday explained. "He rushed in to find me unconscious on the floor. I had stopped breathing and turned blue."
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