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 | May 24, 2022 | Brugada Syndrome, ICD, Raising Awareness
Evan Krueger is a third-year human biology student at the University of Toronto. A year and a half ago, he was diagnosed with Brugada Syndrome and had an S-ICD placed. He got involved with the Canadian SADS Foundation soon after, and is now a volunteer who manages...
by kymera_editor | Dec 14, 2021 | Awareness, ICD, Long QT Syndrome, SADS Spotlight
Can you tell me a little bit about your SADS journey? I was diagnosed with Long QT when I was eight years old, and was able to get genetic testing as an adult to identify that I have multiple LQTS Type 2 mutations. As a child in the ‘90s, the doctors knew very little...
by kymera_editor | Oct 28, 2021 | CPR, ICD, SCA Awareness, SCA Survivor, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Can you tell me a little bit about the SCA? John: Felicia was asleep on the third floor. Miraculously, she was able to wake up and call out to our daughter that she didn’t feel good, and our daughter saw Felicia slump over. I was on the second floor, and...
by kymera_editor | Oct 25, 2021 | ICD, SCA Awareness, SCA Survivor, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Can you tell me a little bit about your SCA? It was Sunday morning when it happened, and I was in church. Prior to that, we had no awareness that there was something wrong with my heart. I had quit basketball a few months before, because I kept almost passing out...
