Saving American Hearts, Inc Blog

His heart stopped for 19 minutes. CPR saved his lifeMecklenburg County EMS credit CPR with saving lives.CHARLOTTE, N.C. — We’ve all heard it; CPR can mean the difference between life or death, but tha …

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Boy who survived 90 minutes of CPR might change the way hospitals handle heart emergenciesUsing a walker, Owen Coulter, 5, travels down the hallway at Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas o …

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Real-life stories of survival using AEDsIf you are in the safety business, most likely you are well aware of the function of an automated external defibrillator(AED) and its value in saving lives …

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A 21-year-old SCA patient beat the odds when resuscitated by his college peersTwenty-one-year-old Walter Watts was on his college campus when he suffered sudden cardiac arrest.Twenty-one is the a …

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Saved by CPR: A story of preparednessEach year, sudden cardiac arrest claims the lives of nearly 300,000 people throughout the country. The national average of cardiac survival rate is seven percent. …

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Destiny's patient: A heart-stopping story of survival at UT SouthwesternPaul Garner remembers nearly every detail of the day he died.It was June 21, 2019 – a Friday. He was in Dallas, delivering some …

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