Video Contests

Enter the ECCU “Video Minute” Contest

The first place winner will receive an AED!

The Citizen CPR Foundation (CCPRF) and the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation (SCA FDN) are partnering on the Emergency Cardiovascular Care Update (ECCU) 2012 “Video Minute” Contest. Join us at ECCU on September 11-15, 2012, in Orlando, FL, as we recognize the best videos aimed at increasing awareness about CPR, automated external defibrillators (AEDs), and/or recognition of a heart attack. The contest for outstanding public awareness messaging will be back with best video clips, YouTube videos, public service announcements (PSAs), and other video strategies promoting citizen CPR and AED use. 

Develop a video about CPR/AED use, submit your entry for consideration, and find out how you measure up against the competition. A panel of reviewers will evaluate videos on the basis of creativity, production quality, and overall impact.

Rules

• Videos must begin with a title and may be no longer than 90 seconds in length.
• File size must be less than 500 MB.
• Formats accepted: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV (Quicktime).

The deadline for submission is July 27. Videos will be reviewed, scored, and ranked, using a set of evaluation criteria. The five top-ranked submissions will be played for 2012 ECCU attendees during plenary sessions. The winner and four runners-up will be announced during the closing plenary session on Saturday, September 15 at 9:20 am. An AED will be awarded to the top-rated video. Other prizes include the SCA FDN’s popular “Push Hard & Fast Here” t-shirts. Additional prizes will be announced.

After the conference, the top videos will be featured on the CCPRF website, this website, and the SCA FDN Facebook page and YouTube Channel.

To submit your video:

1. To enter the ECCU 2012 “Video Minute” Contest you first need a YouTube account. It’s free and easy. Sign up here. 
2. Upload your video to http://www.youtube.com/SCAFoundation.
3. New to YouTube? Learn how to make your video suitable for the contest here.
4. Check out copyright rules listed here.
5. Send an email to eccuvideo [at] sca-aware [dot] org (subject: ECCU%20Video%20%22Minute%22%20Contest) . Include the following information: Title of your video/video file, name of the submitting organization, and name, phone and email for the primary contact person.

It’s that easy. Questions? Contact eccuvideo [at] sca-aware [dot] org (subject: ECCU%20Video%20%22Minute%22%20Contest) .

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Fall 2010 Video Contest Winners Announced

In 2010, we partnered with the Citizen CPR Foundation for our semi-annual video contest. While our previous video contests focused on schools, this one was open to all interested parties. Applicants were asked to submit videos or public service announcements designed to raise awareness about sudden cardiac arrest and emergency cardiovascular care, including CPR and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs).

Winning videos, selected by a joint panel of experts, were announced and aired at the Citizen CPR Foundation's Emergency Cardiovascular Care Update in December. Here are the winners:

• First Place: "Check, Call, Compress," submitted by Deirdre Borland, Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, Kildare, Ireland. VIEW
• Second Place: "Push Hard, Push Fast," submitted by Jim Foster, Loren Marshall Foundation, Anchorage, Alaska. VIEW
• Third Place: "Save a Life: Learn CPR and Use an AED," submitted by Nancy Jenks, R.N., Hampden Charter School of Science, Chicopee, Massachusetts. VIEW
• Fourth Place: "Does Your Child's School Have an AED?," submitted by Victoria Vetter, MD, Youth Heart Watch at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Affiliate of Project Adam, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. VIEW
• Fifth Place tie: "CPR Rap," submitted by Mordy Mandell, Educational Poetry, Brooklyn, New York. VIEW
• Fifth Place tie:  "Parent Heart Watch," submitted by Martha Lopez-Anderson, Parent Heart Watch, Fort Worth, Texas. VIEW

The first place winner received:

• An AED, donated by Physio-Control, a division of Medtronic, Inc.
• A Blu Ray Disc Player, donated by Take Heart America/Take Heart Austin 
• A CPR Anytime Kit for each member of the submitting group, donated by the American Heart Association 
• "Push Hard & Fast Here" t-shirts for each member of the submitting group, donated by the SCA Foundation