by Karen Peck | Mar 7, 2022 | Fundraising, Grief and Loss, Raising Awareness, Raising Funds, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Brian was a junior and on the dean’s honor list at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studying biomedical engineering and computer science. He truly loved his college experience and formed an amazing second family away from home. We are comforted knowing he was the...
by Elisheva Marks | Oct 29, 2021 | AEDs, SCA Awareness, SCA Survivor, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
“As with many Sudden Cardiac Arrests, I didn’t have any symptoms – it happened out of nowhere.” Elisheva’s Sudden Cardiac Arrest came without warning. She had been a runner for many years, and was in great shape – she’d just had a physical a few months before her SCA....
by Felicia and John Fischetti | Oct 28, 2021 | CPR, ICD, SCA Awareness, SCA Survivor, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Can you tell me a little bit about the SCA? John: Felicia was asleep on the third floor. Miraculously, she was able to wake up and call out to our daughter that she didn’t feel good, and our daughter saw Felicia slump over. I was on the second floor, and...
by Katie Wildhagen | Oct 25, 2021 | ICD, SCA Awareness, SCA Survivor, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Can you tell me a little bit about your SCA? It was Sunday morning when it happened, and I was in church. Prior to that, we had no awareness that there was something wrong with my heart. I had quit basketball a few months before, because I kept almost passing out...
by Collinson Family | Oct 18, 2021 | CPR, CPVT, ICD, SCA Awareness, SCA Survivor, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Jacob Collinson Jill Collinson Can you tell me a little bit about your family’s SADS journey? We had no family history – this came out of the blue. Jake started having events at 7. The first one he had was when he was dropped off at a skating rink for a birthday...
by Walter Dusseldorp | Oct 12, 2021 | Awareness, CPR, CPVT, SCA Awareness, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Can you tell me a little bit about your CPR save? It’s one of those things that happens in the career of a paramedic and that will stick with you for life. I’ve seen a lot and I’ve done a lot, but responding to Gregory’s house is something that...