David’s ARVC Story

In November of 2021, six weeks after hiking Mount Whitney – the highest mountain in the contiguous United States – David fainted while taking his dog, Honey, for a nighttime walk. “My entire life, I was very active,” says David, who played baseball in college and...

CPR and AED Awareness: Matt’s Story

Matt Clark is alive today because of the quick actions of his coworkers – at 40,000 feet in the air. Matt, who was an airline pilot at the time, had no previous medical issues or symptoms of a heart condition before his Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) in 2020. “There was...

Brugada Awareness: Doug’s Story

Can you tell me a little bit about your SADS journey?  I have Brugada syndrome that was identified when I had Cardiac Arrest at home, then somehow came out of it. A few years before that I had passed out while wearing a Holter monitor. At first I thought I’d had a...

SCA Awareness: Maeve’s Story

In March of 2018, Maeve collapsed suddenly twenty minutes into softball practice – and went into Sudden Cardiac Arrest. It was her first symptom of an underlying heart problem. Thanks to the quick actions of her coach and trainer – who sprang into action and performed...

CPVT Awareness: Karly’s Story

Can you tell me a little bit about your family’s SADS journey? My daughter, Karly, had her first Sudden Cardiac Arrest at the age of ten. She was a competitive soccer player and dancer at the time, and was at a soccer tournament up at Lake Tahoe. In between games, she...