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This article originally appeared January 4, 2022 by the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation. “In the Swedish city of Trollhättan, a 71-year-old man was shoveling snow in his driveway when he suffered an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Thanks to the combination of an immediate emergency call, the quick

Original story published November 17, 2021 by Vanessa Miller in the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Read it here or below. CORALVILLE — Even with COVID crippling community services and hampering projects and initiatives last year, a “heart safe community campaign” in honor of the late University of Iowa

Kathy credits her family and her high school son’s CPR class for saving her life when she experienced Sudden Cardiac Arrest. She is strongly in favor of all high school students receiving CPR training. Watch her tell her story now.

Watch Christopher Jensen of Iowa City tell the story of saving his mother’s life at their home when he was 15 years old. Christopher says, “Being taught CPR at a young age definitely had a major impact on my life.”

Lovely first-hand account of surviving cardiac arrest. The author, Catherine A. Humikowski, MD, tells about the life-saving CPR she received and her thoughts on the “worth” of CPR. This article originally appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association on February 24, 2015. Download here (PDF).

The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation has launched two educational campaigns to raise awareness and save lives threatened by sudden cardiac arrest. The first campaign, You Can Save a Life at School, is targeted to stakeholders in secondary (junior and senior high) schools. It includes a mini-magazine you can

The following letter was received July 24, 2020. Although we aren’t sure which club in Iowa donated the AED that saved Greg’s life, he thanks the Iowa City Noon Rotary Club likely due to the Rotary-Kerber HeartSafe Campaign. This is a truly heartwarming story. “Hello Barbara and