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Tom Curtis

About a week before my 15th birthday, I remember waking up randomly, and noticed I couldn't breathe, my brother luckily was sleeping in my room that night because we watched a film together and fell asleep, so I was able to wake him with my last breaths, he asked my mum to ring an ambulance but she didn't believe me, she thought I was attention seeking and said go to bed, my brother thought something was definitely wrong but she wouldn't let him ring for help.

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Events

April 17-18, 2010

Scripps 3rd Annual Sudden Cardiac Arrest Conference

From Awareness to Prevention

Hyatt Regency La Jolla, San Diego, California


April 24, 2010

ABCs of ECGs: Back to Basics for Frontline Clinicians

Orlando, FL


April 29-30, 2010

Women & Heart Disease: A Summit to Eliminate Untimely Deaths in Women

Minneapolis, MN

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SCAA members are diverse and include SCA survivors, individuals with ICDs, family and friends of survivors and ICD patients, first responders, healthcare and public safety professionals, industry representatives, government officials, and interested and concerned citizens.

Membership in SCAA is free. Discover the benefits of membership in the country's largest sudden cardiac arrest advocacy group.

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In the News

03/18/2010

Training for Marathons Can Cause Heart Damage in Healthy People: Study

By Tracy Miller, NY Daily News


03/16/2010

Heart-Shock Device May Disrupt Quiet Hospice Death

By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press

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