Not Ready to be Widow

On May 2,2009 my husband of 41 years suffered a sudden cardiac arrest while bicycling on Hyw.26 here in Kokomo, Indiana. I didn't know anything was wrong until a sheriff's deputy came to the door and told me that I was needed at Howard Regional Emergency Room. I was actually pretty calm as I drove… Read More

Memory Loss Among SCA Survivors: You Are Not Alone

Many of you have written to share your concerns about short term memory loss after survival from sudden cardiac arrest. It may be comforting to know you are not alone. Many survivors in our registry report memory loss and other cognitive changes. These changes can include forgetfulness, changes in… Read More

National CPR/AED Awareness Week

Check out the National CPR/AED Awareness website cprweek.org! Let's see what we can do to help the American Heart Association reach their goal of 1 million trained!

What Are You Doing to Celebrate CPR-AED Awareness Week?

In late 2007, Congress declared the first week of June as “National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Awareness Week.” The Congressional resolution shines a national spotlight on how important it is for all Americans to learn critical lifesaving skills… Read More

Sirius Radio Broadcast

Hello!    FYI : If there are any Sirius radio subscribers out there, on Friday May 1st, 2009 from 7-8am my wife and I will be participating in the Doctor radio segment(channel 114). We will be discussing my recent cardiac arrest and promoting the use of bystander CPR and AED's.              Vince… Read More

National CPR & AED Awareness Week

On June 7th, the last day of 2009's National CPR & AED Awareness Week, HealthSav will host a day of free 1 hour Adult CPR classes using the CPR Anytime platform.  Classes will be from 9AM-10AM, 10:30AM-11:30AM, 12noon-1PM, 1:30PM-2:30PM, 3PM-4PM, 4:30PM-5:30PM & 6PM-7PM.  Promotion will be… Read More

The River Of Life

June 1, 1996, I had just taken a job to build a step down unit from hospital to nursing home at a hospital near my home. I had spent one week in orientation (I was a 30 year Registered Nurse). I had just passed my 50 th birthday in April 1996. I am now 62. On the day I had cardiac death I had been… Read More

Note from Nancy

Happy Heart day everyone! I just joined SCA as of yesterday.  I was looking for, I guess, all of you who have had a cardiac arrest. There just arent't that many people around me that can understand what we have all gone through and survived.  I hope to make some new friends here!   Talk to you… Read More

Success!!

On Wednesday, February 4th, I made a presentation of the first ten AEDs that I purchased for the fire stations on the island of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands.  I have been actively soliciting funds from the community with the intention of purchasing fifteen of them.  I decided to purchase the first… Read More

Joined SCA Foundation

Today I joined the SCA foundation.  I am grateful to be able to do so.  I found this site link on the PBS The Mysterious Human Heart resources webpage. Thank you to PBS and this foundation for bringing people together.  I survived a sudden cardiac arrest on March 1, 2008, almost one year ago.  My… Read More