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Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation Announces Two Contests in Recognition of National CPR-AED Awareness Week
To recognize National CPR-AED Awareness Week (June 1-7), the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation today announced two contests designed to raise awareness and help save lives threatened by sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). The prize for first place in each contest is an automated external defibrillator (AED). Pittsburgh, PA (PR WEB)--In recognition of… Read More
Citizen CPR Foundation Partners with Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation at ECCU Conference, Sept. 11-15
Three national nonprofit organizations announce a partnership designed to attract the largest gathering of sudden cardiac arrest survivors and rescuers ever attempted. Orlando, FLA (PR WEB)--In preparation for National CPR and AED Awareness Week (June 1-7, 2012), the Citizen CPR Foundation (CCPRF) announces today its partnership with the … Read More
Susan's Team Efforts to Raise Awareness Was a Walk (Around) the Park
PITTSBURGH, PA--Despite the bright sunlight starting to pop up in the eastern sky, the morning was still brisk when Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation volunteer techie Amanda Seagle arrived at the group’s tent at 6:10 a.m. to get ready for the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community on Saturday, May 19. By the time other walkers and volunteers arrived… Read More
Study Identifies Risk Factor for Sudden Cardiac Death in Men
The risk of sudden cardiac death is higher in men whose electrical impulses travel more slowly through the lower chambers of the heart, a new study indicates. Electrical impulses travel through the heart and cause it to pump blood through its four chambers. The impulses, or waves, have distinct patterns and can be measured using an… Read More
FDA Investigating Safety of Z-Pak After Study Links Antibiotic to Increased Risk of Sudden Death
The U.S Food and Drug Administration is investigating the antibiotic azithromycin, commonly known as Z-Pak, after a study linked the drug to an increased risk of death. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found patients prescribed Z-Pak were more likely to die than those prescribed amoxicillin, another antibiotic. The… Read More
TV News Anchor and Survivor Susan Koeppen Will Walk to Save Lives Threatened by Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Susan Koeppen, 39, survived sudden cardiac arrest last November, thanks to immediate intervention by bystanders with CPR and use of a defibrillator by EMS. She aims to raise awareness by walking in a 5K to benefit the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation, a national community benefit organization whose mission is to raise awareness and save lives.… Read More
UB Study Finds Method that May Predict Sudden Cardiac Arrest Risk
BUFFALO, NY--Research by University of Buffalo (UB) cardiologists suggests that imaging for loss of nerve function in the heart may help identify patients who are at high risk of sudden cardiac arrest and therefore most likely to benefit from an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD). ICDs are used to prevent sudden cardiac arrest in patients… Read More
Athlete's Sudden Deaths Expose Big Knowledge Gaps
When London marathon medical director Sanjay Sharma was called to attend someone who had collapsed with suspected cardiac arrest a mile from the finish line last month, he expected to find a man in his seventies. "I had to hide my horror as I saw a young, athletic woman," he says. "I had to... compose myself for a few seconds before we started… Read More
KDKA's Susan Koeppen Will Walk to Save Lives
Pittsburgh--KDKA TV News anchor, Susan Koeppen, will be leading this year’s Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation team at the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community. The 5K walk will be held on May 19, starting at Stage AE on Pittsburgh’s North Shore at 9:00 am. Susan, herself a survivor of cardiac arrest, will be there to call attention to the need for… Read More