Jayden Rodriguez announced as winner of SCA Foundation's 2023 "People Saving People" Award

Jayden Rodriguez has been named winner of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation’s 2023 “People Saving People Award” for helping save the life of Amy Sauro on November 24, 2020. The announcement and award presentation took place at the Citizen CPR Foundation’s Cardiac Arrest Survival Summit in San Diego, CA. The purpose of the award is to highlight the critical need for laypersons to take charge… Read More

Juliana and Bill Schirmer Named Winners of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation “People Saving People Award”

Juliana and Bill Schirmer have been named winners of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation’s “People Saving People Award” for saving the life of Al Hart. The purpose of the award is to increase awareness about the critical need for bystanders to intervene in sudden cardiac emergencies. The award was presented on December 10th in San Diego, California, at the Cardiac Arrest Survival Summit, a biennial… Read More

Kyle Hayes, Who Saved His Wife and Unborn Child with CPR, Is Named Winner of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation’s People Saving People Award

Kyle Hayes has been named winner of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation’s People Saving People Award for saving the lives of his wife, Jennifer, and their unborn child with CPR. The announcement and award presentation took place at the Cardiac Arrest Survival Summit on December 13 in Seattle, WA. Kyle Hayes, of Eastvale, California, has been named winner of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation’… Read More

Illinois High School Student Brendan Gould Wins Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation's People Saving People Award

PITTSBURGH, PA--Illinois high school student Brendan Gould has been named winner of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation’s People Saving People Award for saving his father’s life with CPR. The People Saving People Award honors “ordinary” people with extraordinary spirits who help save the lives of SCA victims. The purpose of the award is to increase awareness about the critical need for… Read More

Bystander Mike Vanneman Wins Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation's 2015 'People Saving People Award'

Mike Vanneman, of Los Altos, CA, has been named recipient of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation 2015 'People Saving People Award,' which recognizes bystanders who help sudden cardiac arrest victims by calling 911, giving CPR, and using automated external defibrillators. Remarkably, Vanneman saved two lives in eight months. Mike Vanneman, of Los Altos, CA, has won the Sudden Cardiac Arrest… Read More

Sue Hostler Named Recipient of 2014 People Saving People Award

Sue Hostler of Pittsburgh, PA, has been named recipient of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation’s 2014 People Saving People Award for saving the life of Robert Hallinan, 25, when he collapsed suddenly from cardiac arrest at an airport last summer. Hostler, a business traveler, recognized the emergency, called 911, and performed chest compressions until EMS arrived. Bystander intervention often… Read More

Captain Frank Meyer, Ron Noe & Ray Trevino Named Recipients of 2012 People Saving People(TM) Award

The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation has named Federal Aviation Association safety inspectors Ron Noe and Ray Trevino, and American Airlines Captain Frank Meyer recipients of the 2012 “People Saving People Award” for saving the life of American Airlines pilot Captain Matt Taylor when he suffered sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in the AA employee cafeteria in December 2011. The Foundation received… Read More

Jordan Scott Named Winner of 2010 People Saving People(TM) Award

Jordan Scott of St. John’s, Newfoundland, was named recipient of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation’s People Saving People Award, for saving the life of his brother, Joel, when he suffered sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) near Veracruz, Mexico. Read more

Roman Matlaga Wins 2008 People Saving People(TM) Award

Roman Matlaga played basketball on Sunday mornings at the Lakeside Elementary School in Honesdale, Penn., for 15 years. This particular Sunday morning—February 18, 2007—he was joined by some of the regulars and first-timer, David Belkin, 65, of Bethesda, MD. Right after taking a shot, Belkin stumbled backwards into the stands. That’s when Matlaga leapt from the bench into action. Read more