Pittsburgh, PA--Working in collaboration with the Citizen CPR Foundation (CCPRF), the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation will offer workshops on September 13-14 for sudden cardiac arrest survivors and their loved ones during CCPRF's Emergency Cardiovascular Care Update (ECCU) conference in Orlando.
ECCU promotes and celebrates the art, science, and impact of cardiac resuscitation.
The SCA Foundation will offer the following:
- Coming to Terms: Emotional Aspects of Being a Survivor
- Life After Death: What SCA Survivors, Families and Friends Understand--and Healthcare Practitioners Need to Know
- Clinical and Psychological Aspects of Near-Death Experiences: An Interactive Discussion with SCA Survivors.
Speakers include:
- Survivors Chris Solomons, Kelly Sawyer, MD, and Louis Sabat, EMT-P
- Jeremy Whitehead, husband of survivor Carolyn Whitehead, and Director of the SCA Foundation's National SCA Survivor Network
- Samuel F. Sears, PhD, a nationally recognized expert in the psychological care and quality of life outcomes of sudden cardiac arrest survivors and other implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) patients
- Sam Parnia, MD, one of the world's leading experts on the scientific study of death, the state of the human mind-brain, and near-death experiences
- Mary Newman, MS, President, SCA Foundation.
“We are pleased to collaborate with the Citizen CPR Foundation in presenting interactive, educational workshops at ECCU for sudden cardiac arrest survivors and families, and to jointly planning the survivor dinner celebration,” said Norman Abramson, MD, FACEP, FCCM, SCA FDN Chairman and internationally renowned cardiac arrest researcher. “The ECCU Survivor Track dovetails beautifully with the goals of our National SCA Survivor Network, a community that provides peer support and opportunities to ‘pay it forward’ to help save other lives.”
SCA survivors and loved ones are encouraged to join us. Visit http://www.eccu2012.com for further information.
For registration information, click here. Survivors and loved ones are offered discounted rates. Register by June 15 for additional discounts.