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.

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

Winner of People Saving People™ Award to be Announced at ECCU

The winner of the inaugural People Saving People™ will be announced at the Emergency Cardiac Care Update conference in Las Vegas on June 15 (www.citizencpr.org). The SCA Foundation initiated the award program to honor “ordinary” people with extraordinary heroic spirits who help save the lives of victims of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA)

SCA Foundation Announces You Can Save a Life™ National SCA Awareness Campaign for Schools

The SCA Foundation, in cooperation with The RedFlash Group, has announced a national awareness campaign targeted to schools that will include development of a mini-magazine, micro-site and ad campaign. The purpose of the campaign is to raise awareness about sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) among students, teachers, parents and others in the school community, motivate schools to identify at-risk students and develop effective CPR-AED programs, and help save more lives. Project partners include Project Adam, Parent Heart Watch and School Health. To get involved: info@sca-aware.org

Hands-Only CPR Gets a Push

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 may now be easier to perform. Recently the American Heart Association (AHA) has accepted the findings of several studies that suggest SCA victims may be better off without mouth-to-mouth resuscitation...
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>>  Will the AHA’s Hands-Only CPR Advisory Help Improve Survival Rates?

Back From the Dead

One year ago, the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation launched the SCA Survivor Registry™, the nation’s first online registry for people who suffered sudden cardiac arrest (SCA)—and lived to tell about it. Information submitted by 171 registrants offers a glimpse into the small community of rare individuals who beat the odds and survived this national killer...
>> First Year Data from the SCA Survivor Registry™, An Initiative of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation
>> SCA survivors are encouraged to join the registry

First Ever CPR-AED Awareness Week A Great Success!

Congress set aside June 1-7 as the first annual National CPR/AED Awareness Week to spotlight how lives can be saved if more Americans know CPR and how to use an AED. In the declaration, Congress asked states and municipalities to make AEDs more publicly accessible. To recognize the event, CPR/AED classes, demonstrations and events were held in communities across the nation. Dallas City Council members and sports figures including Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart were among those who took the time to get trained...
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SCA and Heart Attack: Understanding the Difference
It’s a common misconception that sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and heart attack are the same thing. In reality, they are quite different. Understanding the difference could save your life—or the life of someone you love...
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