Update on motorcycle poker run ( NEBRASKA RIDE TO REVIVE )

Hi everyone, just wanted to spread the word, on June 6th , 2015 we are having the first annual Nebraska Ride To Revive. It will be a poker run to raise money to raise awareness, teach CPR, hopefully purchase AED's and possibly purchase pulsepoint into our 911 system. Check us out on Facebook!!!… Read More

What I couldn't mention in my September 25th blog entry...

In November I made a presentation at the AHA about the incidence and magnitude of leaning. ("leaning" is what some people call "not getting to full recoil") The short form is that in a study where the cohort's age distribution approximated that of cardiac arrest victims, sixty percent of those… Read More

Just a crazy question

Hey everyone, I was sitting here wondering what kind of fund raising is done for the SCAF? I have been riding motorcycles for roughly 35 years, and have been on many fund raising rides for many different causes, but don't ever recall a SCAF ride. I would be interested in putting one together… Read More

In Memory of My Sweet Dad

I never thought this would happen to our family. My dad had a heart attack in his 50's, had a stent placed, continued with life as normal, always healthy and active, worked his entire life. My dad, Michael Atkins, 76 years young, died suddenly on November 2, 2014 from sudden cardiac death. He… Read More

Want to Support the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation At No Cost to You? Go Shopping.

Shopping online this holiday season? Please consider shopping at AmazonSmile and the Amazon Smile Foundation will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation, every time you shop, at no cost to you.  When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low… Read More

Our Health California Supports Pulse Point App to Provide Bystander Assistance for Victims of SCA

Richard Price was having lunch when he heard the familiar sound of an approaching siren. To his surprise, the paramedics pulled up right in front of the restaurant. Someone next door was lying unconscious and unresponsive after collapsing. Richard was a veteran 30-year firefighter and was just feet… Read More

Invitation For Visit : Precarmed : Cardiometabolic Risk Prevention

Hello.... Im a new member and i want invite you to visite our twitter and FBook pages : @PRECARMEDwww.facebook.com/precarmed.medwebsite *FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK + TWITTER WITH MORE INFORMATION ON CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK PREVENTION. Thanks a lot. My best Regards for all of you VELDERRAIN,MD @PRECARMED

Loss of a Survivor and Champion

Jim Baum was a good neighbor. After seeing automated external defibrillators (AEDs) mounted in the Chicago O’Hare Airport, he spoke to a physician friend about them and decided that he should have a device in each of his homes because his neighbors were elderly. Little did he know, Jim would later… Read More

Bystander CPR

I believe that the greatest area of improvement in the quest to raise the SCA survival rate is raising the community's awareness of the need and effectiveness of bystander CPR. I want to challenge everyone reading this blog that you would adopt your community in which you will champion the cause… Read More

Troubling, indeed

A federal appeals court in California ruled this week in support of the California Supreme Court in the case of Verdugo v. Target.  [The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation had submitted an amicus curiae brief in support of the plaintiff in this case.] While it is extremely disappointing that the… Read More