by kymera_editor | Jun 6, 2022 | AEDs, CPR, CPR and AED Awareness Week, ICD, SCA Awareness, SCA Survivor, Schools, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Can you tell me a little bit about your heart journey – from diagnosis to where your family is today? On January 12, 2022, my son, Isaiah Bangoura, was in school when I got a call around 12 PM saying that his heart had stopped beating while he was going into the gym...
by kymera_editor | Jun 6, 2022 | AEDs, CPR, CPR and AED Awareness Week, ICD, SCA Awareness, SCA Survivor, Schools, Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Uncategorized
Linton Beck had never had a symptom before his cardiac arrest on April 20, 2022. Linton, 16, was in chemistry class at Station Camp High School in Gallatin, Tennessee, waiting for the second bell to ring when he suddenly slumped over and went into Sudden Cardiac...
by kymera_editor | Oct 12, 2020 | Awareness, CPR, CPR and AED Awareness Week, Heart Hero, ICD, Long QT Syndrome, SCA Awareness, SCA Survivor, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Sue thanking her hero’s at McCall Fire and Police Department My husband and I were up at our cabin in McCall, ID on August 7, 2020. My husband, Steve, had just come inside after working in the yard and I was apparently making toast in the kitchen when I told...
by kymera_editor | Oct 12, 2020 | Awareness, CPR, CPR and AED Awareness Week, Heart Hero, SCA Awareness, SCA Survivor, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
On January 13th, 2019, I woke up to a seemingly normal Sunday. I was a healthy, 30 year old mother sharing breakfast with my 11 month old son and my husband, Scott. When I went to get our son ready for church, Scott had a feeling that he needed to come check on us....
by kymera_editor | Jun 5, 2020 | AEDs, CPR, CPR and AED Awareness Week, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Sarah with her family My name is Sarah, I am 55 years old, living in Saskatchewan, Canada. On December 28th, 2018, I was attending the memorial service for my mother-in-law along with my immediate and a few extended family members. I had just finished my tribute and...
by kymera_editor | Jun 5, 2020 | AEDs, CPR, CPR and AED Awareness Week, Long QT Syndrome, Uncategorized
Aurora went into tachycardia in February 2019, shortly after turning 2. She has Long QT Syndrome and she had RSV and rhinovirus. It was 3AM and my husband and I used our AED and CPR to save her life before paramedics arrived. She is now...
