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 29, 2021 | AEDs, SCA Awareness, SCA Survivor, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
“As with many Sudden Cardiac Arrests, I didn’t have any symptoms – it happened out of nowhere.” Elisheva’s Sudden Cardiac Arrest came without warning. She had been a runner for many years, and was in great shape – she’d just had a physical a few months before her SCA....
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...
by kymera_editor | Oct 18, 2021 | CPR, CPVT, ICD, SCA Awareness, SCA Survivor, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Jacob Collinson Jill Collinson Can you tell me a little bit about your family’s SADS journey? We had no family history – this came out of the blue. Jake started having events at 7. The first one he had was when he was dropped off at a skating rink for a birthday...
