Saving American Hearts, Inc Blog

New York woman who saved husband's life inspires others to learn CPRLisa Wiles was in the kitchen prepping dinner in April 2020 when she heard her husband, Dan, shout an expletive from the other room. …

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Community group looks to improve sudden cardiac arrest responseA group of survivors, physicians and first responders want to change attitudes around CPR and improve the “chain of survival” for cardiac …

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The chain of survival: How a fire chief who suffered 2 sudden cardiac arrests beat the oddsA month after his son initiated CPR for his first SCA, Wayne Kewitsch suffered a second medical emergency whi …

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The Conversation That Can Change the Course of a Cardiac ArrestTelephone CPR saved my father-in-law’s life. Why don’t all 911 services provide that?The call came in at 7:42:02 p.m. on March 21, 2019.A …

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Suffering cardiac arrest in Chicago used to be a near-certain death sentence. But in just a few years, the survival rate tripled. What happened?Just outside Wrigley Field, 15-year-old Shira David knel …

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Improving Survival from Cardiac Arrest and TraumaImagine two dozen jumbo jets crashing every week, killing all aboard. Then you'd have an idea of the scope of cardiac arrest in America, a leading caus …

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