Saving American Hearts, Inc Blog

Older frail patients have a 1-in-3 chance of surviving CPR during surgeryIt’s estimated that around 25% of patients who have a cardiac arrest and receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in a norma …

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Home defibrillation: A new solution shifts the paradigmThe small, lightweight Avive Connect AED is part of a new approach to improving cardiac arrest survivalIn December 2019, many of the resuscitatio …

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Trained bystanders, EMS specialists increase cardiac arrest survival chancesIn Harrison and Hancock counties, our local out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rate is higher than the national average …

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Teen who survived sudden cardiac arrest raising awareness for student heart checksWhen 18-year-old Alex Bowerson suffered a cardiac arrest at wrestling practice last December, he was lucky his high sc …

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Life-saving rescue. Tearful reunion. Marriage proposal. Life at the TropSix weeks after a fan was revived following a heart attack near the Rays dugout, the story somehow gets better.Even among the pe …

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University of Tennessee wide receiver partners with Peyton Walker Foundation for sudden cardiac arrest awarenessIn partnership with the Camp Hill, Pa.-based Peyton Walker Foundation, University of Ten …

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