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Back from the Brink: A Vest that Can Prevent Sudden Cardiac Arrest

PITTSBURGH--Last spring Jack Neilson survived sudden cardiac arrests one month apart, inspiring his recent visit to an O'Hara company with gratitude for saving his life during the second brush with death. The first one -- a right-place-right-time circumstance -- occurred in an Elk County emergency room, where a defibrillator was used to… Read More

ICDs Boosted Survival in Real World Trial

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA--Real-world primary prevention using implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) conferred a significant survival benefit for patients at risk for sudden cardiac death, Canadian researchers found. Among patients who had an ICD placed, the hazard ratio for all-cause mortality was 0.46, according to Ratika Parkash, MD, from… Read More

Major League Umpire, Singing Stayin' Alive, Helps Save Woman's Life

PHOENIX -- Jim Joyce's timing could not have been better. In fact, it was lifesaving. The veteran Major League umpire performed CPR on Diamondbacks food service employee Jayne Powers prior to the D-backs-Marlins game on Monday night. "[The doctors] are pretty confident that they got her to the hospital in a shape where they could treat her and get… Read More

Nearly One in Three Survives SCA in London

London has the best cardiac arrest survival rate in England, newly-released figures suggest. During 2011-12, the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rate in London was 31.7% - a figure that includes footballer Fabrice Muamba's case. That compares with second placed East of England with 24.4% and a low of 10.8% in the South Central region. It… Read More

SCA Survivor Fabrice Muamba to Retire from Soccer

BOLTON, England –  Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba retired from soccer Wednesday after suffering an on-field cardiac arrest in March during an FA Cup quarterfinal match against Tottenham. Muamba travelled to Belgium last week to seek medical advice from a cardiologist after consultations in Britain and Europe, and was advised to retire from… Read More

Help Raise Awareness About Sudden Cardiac Arrest; Create a Short Video for a Chance to Win an AED

The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation and the Citizen CPR Foundation are jointly conducting a video contest to raise awareness about the importance of bystander CPR and use of automated external defibrillators to save lives threatened by sudden cardiac arrest. Entries for the "ECCU 2012" Video Minute" Contest are due August 17. The winner will be… Read More

Former Virginia Tech Player Allan Chaney to Resume College Basketball

After being relegated to the sidelines for more than two years, former Virginia Tech forward Allan Chaney is finally getting another chance to play college basketball. High Point confirmed Wednesday that Chaney has been cleared by school doctors and will join its men’s basketball team for his final year of eligibility in 2012-13. Chaney will… Read More

SCA Foundation Launches Profile Capabilities for Its Online Community

Discover Your Peers and Find Support through the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Network  Survivors, Advocates, Healthcare Professionals Invited to Become Early Adopters The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation has launched a new online community, the “Sudden Cardiac Arrest Network”™. The Network is targeted toward patients and families personally affected by… Read More

ICDs Lead to Decrease in Cardiac Arrests

DALLAS-- Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) account for one-third of the decrease in cardiac arrests caused by ventricular fibrillation (VF) in North-Holland, according to research in Circulation, an American Heart Association journal. Researchers found: The incidence of VF-related cardiac arrest dropped significantly between 1995 and… Read More

A Special Invitation to Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivors, Families and Rescuers

Join us at the Emergency Cardiovascular Care Update (ECCU 20120) in Orlando, FL, September 11-15, the premier venue by the Citizen CPR Foundation (CCPRF) that brings together every link in the “Chain of Survival,” addressing the nation’s most lethal killer: Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Survivors play a special role at the conference and this year… Read More