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Roman Matlaga Wins SCA Foundation's 2008 People Saving People(TM) Award
Roman Matlaga - Winner of the SCA Foundation’s People Saving People™ Award June 15, 2008–Las Vegas, NV–Roman Matlaga was recognized on Sunday, June 15—Father’s Day—as the winner of the SCA Foundation’s People Saving People™ Award during the Citizen CPR Foundation’s biennial conference, the Emergency Cardiac Care Update, in Las Vegas. Roman… Read More
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation Honors Bystander
Roman Matlaga Receives First Ever ‘People Saving People™ Award’ The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation presented its inaugural People Saving People™ (PSP) Award on June 15 in Las Vegas. The annual award program honors ‘ordinary’ people with extraordinary heroic spirits, who help save the lives of victims of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). The… Read More
Americans Mourn the Loss of A Great Journalist and Family Man
June 14, 2008–PITTSBURGH–We at the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation express our heartfelt sympathy to the family of Tim Russert, who died suddenly yesterday afternoon in the NBC studios. Tim could not be resuscitated despite the fact than an intern provided cardiopulmonary resusciation (CPR) and D.C. EMS arrived quickly and treated Russert… Read More
Hands-Only CPR Gets a Push
We all know that cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaver. Some of us also know how to “pump and blow.” So it’s good news that CPR is now easier to perform. Recently the American Heart Association (AHA) has accepted the findings of several studies that suggest sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) victims may be better off without mouth-to-mouth… Read More
Hospital Workers Revive Unconscious Airline Passenger
June 10, 2008–SACRAMENTO, CA–Three longtime members of United Healthcare Workers-West saved the life of a 53-year-old passenger on their Southwest Airlines flight from Sacramento to Burbank early Tuesday.The trio was among a group of 35 workers headed to Southern California to attend a contract bargaining session with their employer, Catholic… Read More
National CPR-AED Awareness Week: Congress Encourages Everyone to Learn CPR/AED
May 30, 2008–WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congress has set aside June 1-7 as the first annual National CPR/AED Awareness Week to spotlight how lives can be saved if more Americans know CPR and how to use an AED. In the declaration, Congress is asking states and municipalities to make AEDs more publicly accessible. During this week, CPR-AED training… Read More
Americans Lack Confidence in Lifesaving Skills for Common Cardiac Emergency
May 28, 2008–DALLAS, May 28–Most Americans don’t believe they could perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) to help save a life in a cardiac emergency, according to a recent American Heart Association survey. View full survey results here - View fact sheet here. In an online survey of more… Read More
OHSU Begins Community Study on Victims of Cardiac Arrest
May 19, 2008 – Portland OR – Study will be conducted by paramedics at the scene of a person's collapse Oregon Health & Science University, along with local emergency medical services and health system partners, is beginning a study in the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area that will test methods of resuscitating people who experience… Read More
Back from the Dead: What We Can Learn From Survivors of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
First Year Data from the SCA Survivor Registry,™ An Initiative of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation May 15, 2008 – PITTSBURGH – One year ago, the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation launched the SCA Survivor Registry™, the nation’s first online registry for people who suffered sudden cardiac arrest (SCA)—and lived to tell about it. Information… Read More