Saving American Hearts, Inc Blog

North Carolina father-to-be saved by quick-thinking pregnant wife after suffering sudden heart attack A North Carolina man who unknowingly lived with a rare heart condition was saved by his pregnant w …

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At 2:30 a.m., he told his wife to call 911. A heart attack soon caused 2 cardiac arrests. Mac Cheek wasn't feeling well and went home early from work. He later woke up in the middle of the night and k …

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This 9-year-old's constant companion is an AED Wherever 9-year-old Adeline Evelyn Dinin goes, her AED is probably by her side. School. Dance class. Girl Scout meetings. Playdates. The automated ext …

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Saving hearts — and farmworker lives — in the fieldsThe growing season for many eastern North Carolina crops might be fallow right now, but that hasn’t stopped Margaret Sharp, a community impact direc …

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Rescue From Above: How drones may narrow emergency response timesThe drones are coming.Starting in September, if someone in Clemmons, North Carolina, calls 911 to report a cardiac arrest, the first re …

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'Changed the world': Baby boy thriving 1 year after 'world's first partial heart transplant'Doctors from Duke Health have reported a medical breakthrough in which an infant that underwent what they sa …

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