SCA Heroes
SCAA proudly salutes the Heroes who have stepped forward to respond to a sudden cardiac arrest event. Immediate response is the key to SCA recovery, and the stories of our SCA survivors would not be possible without the Heroes who provided emergency response by calling 9-1-1, starting CPR, and/or using an AED to save a life.
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03/18/2010Teamwork Hailed as Aid Comes to StudentBy Steve Kelman, NewJersey.comSwift actions by a school nurse, two police officers and a firefighter are being credited with saving the life of a Bergenfield High School student who had collapsed. | 03/18/2010Longport Firefighter is Revived at Fire SceneBy Suzanne Marino, ShoreNewsToday.comA volunteer fireman who collapsed while battling a house fire in the 2800 block of Atlantic Avenue Saturday morning was revived and is doing well, according to Longport Fire Chief Lavon “Lefty” Clayton. | 03/15/2010Milford Man Meets Officers Who Saved HimBy Danielle Ameden, Milford Daily NewsGerald Paddock doesn't like to dwell on the fact he died last year. |
03/15/2010Staff's quick use of defibrillator saves principalBy IndyStar.comLowell Elementary School Principal Susan Howard is alive today because of some colleagues' quick actions. | 03/15/2010Kids’ Dentist Makes Midair RescueBy Allan Stein, Enterprise NewsThe passenger seated aboard US Airways Flight 1734 had just suffered a heart attack and had no pulse. | 03/12/2010Stricken Eastside Principal Saved by Peers, DefibrillatorBy Bill McCleery, indystar.comLowell Elementary School Principal Susan Howard is alive today because of some colleagues' quick actions. |
03/12/2010Someone 2 Know: Peggy WillisBy Kristen Remington, KTVN Channel 2 NewsWe met Peggy Willis as she was cleaning a state building in Carson City. On her knees, she scrubbed the floor-to-ceiling windows until they looked so transparent you might even walk into them. "The hardest thing about these windows is doing the outside," Peggy explained as she sprayed even more cleaning solution onto them. Peggy does janitorial work at the Department of Information Technology. "I clean it up, I keep it clean and sanitary and safe and I tell everybody to get their hands on the glass." But cleaning fingerprints was the least of her worries one early morning. | 03/09/2010'It's a gift from God'By Christian Menno, Bucks County Courier TimesAlan Slawter went into cardiac arrest in the parking lot of BJ's Wholesale Club in Falls. Bonnie Steele and Estella Tovar helped him until paramedics arrived. | 03/05/2010Minn. Teen Saves Father's Life Using CPRBy Dennis Douda, WCCO NewsConnor Theis and his dad, Glenn, went to the men's Gopher basketball game on Feb. 11. The Gophers were losing to Michigan, so the father and son left early. Glenn had complained about having trouble breathing, but he blamed the cold air. Connor thought nothing of it. |
03/05/2010West Trainer Reacts Quickly When Player CollapsesBy Mike Jones, The Courier of Montgomery CountyMagnolia West High School soccer coach Kevin Meyer said a junior varsity soccer player who collapsed at practice Wednesday afternoon was in stable condition when he was taken by ambulance to Tomball Regional Hospital. | 03/02/2010New Bedford Firefighters Recognized for Saving Woman's LifeBy Brian Fraga, SouthCoastToday.comEngine Company 1 of the New Bedford Fire Department was recently honored for saving the life of a city woman whose heart had stopped. | 03/02/2010Cardiac Arrest Victim Says Thanksby Bob McClay/News-Talk 92.3 KTARFriday was an emotional day at John C. Lincoln Hospital as a 36-year-old cardiac arrest victim and her family met the Phoenix Firefighters who saved her life. |
02/26/2010Bystanders’ Quick Actions Help Revive Man Found on Congress Avenue BridgeBy David C. Doolittle, The BlotterThe quick actions of several people, including an Austin police supervisor, helped a man who was found without a pulse to begin breathing again this morning on the Congress Avenue bridge, an EMS official said today. | 02/23/2010Bystanders, Police Attend to Collapsed Man at Sky HarbormyFOXphoenix.comIt was a lifesaving team effort for four Phoenix Police officers, two bystanders and Phoenix firefighters at the airport Monday. | 02/22/2010Clayton EMS Crew Honored for Saving Resident's LifeBy Marilyn McConahay, Englewood IndependentClayton resident Robert Morris was on hand at the city's Feb. 18 council meeting to see five Clayton EMS crew members receive recognition for saving a life. |
02/22/2010Letters: Perry Tipler Staff Saved Student's Lifethe northwestern.comThank you to Perry Tipler Middle School administration and staff. | 02/22/2010Two Officers Help Revive Retired NYPD OfficerBy Long Island PressTwo Suffolk police officers helped save the life of a retired NYPD officer who was suffering from a heart attack in a Huntington bank on Friday. | 02/19/2010Volusia Lifeguard's CPR Training Helps Save UF Professor's LifeBy Laura Bowden Yang, East Volusia NewsWhen David Feinstein went through lifeguard training six years ago, he knew he was learning how to save lives. |
02/19/2010Rescue Workers Revive MomBy Christian Welch, Verona-Cedar Groves TimesOnly a few people can say they have been clinically dead, only to be resuscitated 20 minutes later. | 02/19/2010Town Adds to Heroes' WelcomeBy Colin DeVries, The Daily MailThe numbers are staggering. Only about 5 percent of sudden cardiac arrest victims survive without defibrillation in the first critical minutes of collapse. After that, only 5 percent of those who survive the trip to the hospital make it out alive. | 02/19/2010AED, Good Samaritans Save Pregnant MomBy Aishah Hasnie, Wane.comSome good samaritans and a small medical device are getting credit for saving the life of a pregnant Fort Wayne mother. |
02/17/2010Friends, Responders Recognized for CPR SaveBy Melissa Grima, Coos County DemocratEMS providers, police and private citizens were recognized on Monday night, for successfully administering life saving care to a Whitefield man whose heart had stopped. The ceremony was held at Whitefield Fire Station on Feb. 15 and the participants were each awarded an "I made CPR count" pin to recognize their accomplishment. | 02/16/2010Boonton Cops Restore 72-year-old Man's Pulse After CrashDailyRecord.comPolice officers pulled a 72-year-old man from a heavily damaged 2001 Mercedes on Wootton Street in Boonton on Thursday afternoon and administered a shock from an automated external defibrillator that restored the man's pulse. | 02/16/2010Mobile Fire-Rescue Saves Life At ParadeBy Steve Alexander, WKRG NewsQuick action by Mobile Fire-Rescue teams Monday night saved the life of a fifty year old man at the beginning of the Mardi Gras parade route. The man suffered cardiac arrest about 90 minutes before the Infant Mystics parade. Captain Shaun Hicks with Mobile Fire-Rescue said, "We had a 'witness' cardiac arrest. Police officers were on the scene." |
02/11/2010Cardiac Arrest Survivor to Reunite with Rescuers; CPR and AEDs are Lifesaversam1360kuik.comThis Thursday, Ronald Shinn will have the opportunity to thank the two bystanders who helped saved his life last December when he experienced a sudden cardiac arrest. Shinn, age 67, collapsed while walking across a parking lot at the Providence Tigard Business Center. | 02/08/2010'Miracle' Heart Attack Survivor Gives CPR To StrangerWCVB TV5 BostonA woman who was saved by doctors after her heart stopped beating for nearly an hour got a rare chance to repay the favor in North Attleborough this week. | 02/08/2010Dentist Saves Life - AgainBy Sophia Chang, Athletic BusinessFor the second time in three years, a man who believes a defibrillator arrived too late to help his own son, has used the device to save a life. |
02/04/2010Camp Atterbury Military Policeman Saves LifeBy John Crosby, News BlazeThe call for a medical assist echoed over the radio strapped to 22-year-old, Camp Atterbury Military Police Officer Spc. Stephen Strebinger's right shoulder on the rainy afternoon. "Roger, I'm en route," replied the South Bend, Ind., native as he flipped on his siren and lights. He sped to the location relayed to him. He arrived on the scene and immediately began assessing the situation. He noticed a man laid back in the driver's seat of a minivan, unconscious. The van's engine was off but the keys were still in the ignition and the door was unlocked. | 02/04/2010Near Tragedy Averted as Coach, Parents Knew CPRBy Matthai Kuruvila, San Francisco ChronicleThe El Cerrito High School boys basketball team was up by roughly 40 points late Tuesday, the game safely in hand, when coach Michael Booker heard his players yelling at him urgently. | 02/02/2010Jasper Soccer Player Bounces BackBy Nicole DiDonato, WFIE.comFaith Sendelweck would just like to get back to a normal routine. |
02/02/2010Bentonville Player Home After Collapsing During PracticeBy Tom Glave, NWA OnlineBentonville junior baseball player Wes Busby collapsed during practice Jan. 21, and the quick response by his coaches and teammates helped save his life. | 02/02/2010Golf Pro Honored for Life-Saving ActionBy James Gilbert, YumaSun.comA special recognition ceremony was held during the Jan. 20 Yuma City Council meeting, honoring city employee Richard "Rich" Walton for his efforts to save a man's life earlier this month. | 02/02/2010Quick-Thinking UW-L Students Save LifeBy KJ Lang, LaCrosse Tribune.comClare Malinowski is alive today thanks to good friends and fellow students who knew how to respond when her heart stopped working. |
02/02/2010Firefighters Bring Man Back to LifeWCAX.comAt 81 years old, Joe Ryan just got a second chance at life. Ryan recently had a heart attack, his wife called 911 and David Gladding and Bob Brown responded. | 01/22/2010Lawrence Dad Seeks Man who Saved His SonWHDH News - Boston, MAA Lawrence father is looking to learn the identity of the man who helped save his teenage son. | 01/20/2010Frazee Teen Recovers From Cardiac ArrestBy: Kevin Wallevand, WDAY NewsA Frazee, Minnesota teenager continues an amazing recovery at MeritCare's children's hospital tonight after going into cardiac arrest at the high school. After no pulse or heart beat, school staff and E-M-T’s were able to bring him back. Unresponsive for hours, family says he is now conscious and talking. |
01/13/2010Bridgeport-Spaulding School Workers Credited with Helping Save CustodianBy Tom Gilchrist, The Saginaw NewsAs custodian Fred Cruz lay unresponsive outside Bridgeport Township’s Atkins Elementary School on Monday morning, students, teachers and Principal Chuck Lesser sprang into action. | 01/13/2010Paisley's Dad Helps with CPR on Arena EmployeeBy Deb Gruver, The Wichita EagleDoug Paisley says he was simply in the right place at the right time when he helped give CPR to a man who was having a heart attack before his son's concert Saturday at Intrust Bank Arena. | 01/12/2010Onlookers Rush to Help Hockey PlayerBy Dennis Tatz, The Patriot LedgerTwo nurses and an off-duty Weymouth firefighter sprang into action when a retired Hingham police officer collapsed after coming off the ice during a men’s hockey game at the Pilgrim Skating Arena. |
01/12/2010Area Police Call for AEDs in CruisersBy Cassandra Shofar, The News-HeraldJim Shaw doesn't remember much about his heart attack, but he does know if it weren't for an automated external defibrillator, he probably wouldn't be here today. | 01/12/2010A Life Put On IceBy Karla Ramaekers, KELOLAND TVIf any circumstances were even slightly different, 66-year-old Piedmont man Larry Ebbert would not have lived to see his first grandchild be born. He dropped dead of cardiac arrest in the Minneapolis airport last summer, but technology you've probably never even heard of brought him back to life. | 01/10/2010Telluride Defibrillator Progrm Saves First LifeBy Ben Fornell, Telluride Daily PlanetOn Dec. 9, one of Telluride’s ubiquitous red boxes saved the life of 51-year-old Richard Hannah of Albuquerque, N.M. |
01/08/2010Gov. Rounds Commends Black Hills Residents for Saving Man's LifeBy Journal Staff, Rapid City JournalGov. Mike Rounds has commended two Black Hills residents whose quick thinking and action helped save the life of a Rapid City man last October. | 01/08/2010Quick Thinking Saves a LifeBy Kena Vernon, WNEP-TVA man from Snyder County said if it weren't for some quick thinking people at an area YMCA he might not be alive. | 01/08/2010Manzano High School Student Brought Back To LifeKOAT TV, ALBUQUERQUE, N.MLast December, a Manzano High School freshman almost died in his classroom. He was brought back to life by quick-thinking staff members. |
01/08/2010Worth Every PennyBy Matthew K. Jensen, The Herald JournalFire officials have no buyer’s remorse over a pricey new gadget they say saved a life right out of the box. | 01/08/2010Harrah's Security Guard Comes to the RescueBy Patti Mengers, Delaware County TimesCHESTER — On most nights when Richard Gibney is fulfilling his duties as an emergency medical technician at Harrah’s Chester Casino and Racetrack, he is tending to scrapes, scratches and bruised knees. | 12/21/2009Co-workers give Reading man gift: second chance at lifeRon Devlin, Reading EagleWhen heart attack fells 55-year-old at work, folks at Teleflex Medical stay cool, save him |
12/21/2009Sharpshooting OKC Knights player Josh Howard happy to be aliveRyan Aber, NewsOK.comFans at the Ford Center on Friday night for the Thunder’s game against the Detroit Pistons might’ve heard Josh Howard introduced as he walked the basketball for the opening tip to the middle of the court. | 12/20/2009Good news from AspenRick Carroll, The Aspen TimesA new lease on life, thanks to local emergency responders | 12/18/2009T.G.I. Friday's Employee Helps Save Life At AirportThePittsburghChannel.comMan Collapses At Pittsburgh International Airport |
12/18/2009Brookline 911 dispatcher praised for helping to save a lifeBrock Parker, The Boston GlobeAuthorities in Brookline are praising the work of a rookie 911 dispatcher who helped a local man perform CPR on his wife last month until emergency medical technicians arrived. | 12/18/2009Cardiac Arrest Victim Was Aided by Four Hockey PlayersBy Petra Chenser Schlatter, BucksLocalNews.comFour young men accepted Northampton Township's Distinguished Citizens Awards on Dec. 9 for providing emergency first aid to a Churchville man who was in cardiac arrest. | 11/18/2009Passersby’s CPR skills give man second chanceBy Katie Collins The Gazette-EnterpriseFor Lloyd Newton it seemed like an average Monday at work. Little did he know, it was a day that would change his life forever. |
11/18/2009High School Hoopster Recovering From DeathBy Josh Thomas and Jose Patino Girona Tampa Bay OnlineWharton High School basketball coach Tommy Tonelli saw Drake Williams fall to the ground during a drill Saturday morning. | 10/28/2009Off duty San Ramon firefighter saves jogger's lifeDanville ExpressAn off duty firefighter/paramedic from the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District performed CPR on a collapsed jogger in a remote section of Anthony Chabot Regional Park in the Oakland Hills on Saturday, Oct. 10, and is credited with saving his life. | 10/28/2009Letter: Angels at work in ChicoChico Enterprise-RecordOn Saturday, Oct. 10, my family and I were having dinner at Jack's Restaurant on Main Street when I suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. The last thing I remember before waking in the Enloe emergency room was telling my wife to call 9-1-1. |
10/21/2009Ballplayer Steals One on Death: Fullerton College Trainers Credited With Saving Baseball Player's LifeBy Barbara Giasone The Orange County RegisterWhen Fullerton College athlete Jared Marchbanks lost consciousness and hit the pavement face first in a campus parking lot 14 days ago, death was coming at him fast. | 09/10/2009Bellevue restaurateur helps save a life with CPRKatherine Long The Seattle TimesLocal chef and restaurateur Dan Thiessen received a Bellevue Citizens Award for Merit this week for helping to save the life of an eight-year-old boy who nearly drowned in a swimming pool in July. Thiessen performed CPR on the boy until he started breathing again on his own. | 09/08/2009‘They saved my life,’ now they’re being honoredBy Rachel Swick Press And Journal StaffShirley Nauman was unconscious when Elizabethtown police officers Nicholas Finicle and Richard Regel arrived at her home. |
09/08/2009Fan's Heart Stops At Pittsburgh Pirates Game: Pirates Staff, Nearby Doctor, Nurse, EMT Help Save ManThe Pittsburgh Channel.comPittsburgh Pirates staff and a local doctor helped save the life of a baseball fan who suffered cardiac arrest during a game. | 08/21/2009Brickey thanks rescuers for saving his lifeBy Ed Richter, Middletown JournalHow do you say thanks to someone for giving you your life back? | 08/12/2009Rocky Mountain National Park rangers use defibrillator to revive backcountry patientSky-Hi Daily NewsAt 11:15 a.m. Monday morning, Aug. 10, Rocky Mountain National Park dispatch received a call from a family member of a 73-year-old man who was suffering from a possible heart attack on the Flattop Mountain Trail in the Bear Lake area. He had briefly lost consciousness. |
08/11/2009Man thanks personnel for saving his lifeBy Katina Tengesdal Minot Daily News Staff WriterOn July 12, Clay Berger of Glasgow, Mont., was traveling through Minot when he suffered cardiac arrest. Every link in the "chain of survival" was present, from the 9-1-1 dispatcher to medical personnel who delivered treatment, and Berger's life was spared. | 08/07/2009Cardiac Arrest SurvivorsChris Stipes Fox Four News HoustonThey got a second chance at life. Now dozens of cardiac arrest survivors are saying "thank you" to the Houston paramedics and firefighters who saved their lives. | 07/06/2009Dennis police save heart-attack victimWicked LocalDennis Police Sgt. Peter Dimatteo credits Officers Robert Kurisko and Seth Richter with saving the life of a 71-year-old heart-attack victim shortly after noon on Saturday July 4. |
07/06/2009Heroics at Taste of ChicagoBy Monifa Thomas, Chicago Sun-TimesA 52-year-old woman who went into cardiac arrest on her way to the Taste of Chicago on Thursday was resuscitated, thanks to a quick-thinking passerby and a pair of paramedics on bicycles. | 07/06/2009Off-duty officer uses AED to save man in cardiac arrestBy Sandra Chapman, WTHRA casual family outing to Wal-Mart turned into a life-saving mission for an off-duty Fishers police officer. | 06/11/2009Gaylord Police Officer honored for saving a lifeThe Gaylord Hub“Thanks for saving my life.” Those words were directed at Gaylord Police Officer Jeffrey Milette at Wednesday’s City Council meeting. Milette received a Certificate of Heroism from the Sudden Death Cardiac Arrest (SCAA) Association. |
04/29/2009Three honored for saving softball player's lifeBy Paige Kornblue, WPTV FloridaThe energy, the unity, and the heart is in the huddle this time of year. | 04/20/2009Baxter fireman saves life with defibrillatorBy Liz Engel, Cookeville Herald-CitizenA man who suffered an apparent heart attack in Baxter Wednesday morning is recovering after he received a life-saving shock from an AED, or automated external defibrillator. | 04/16/2009American Heritage softball player, 15, collapses west of Boca Raton, suffers heart attackBy Christina DeNardo, Palm Beach PostThe 15-year-old star center fielder for American Heritage Academy is in intensive care this morning after she suffered a heart attack Wednesday night following a softball game at West Boca High, west of Boca Raton. |
04/13/2009Student employees help rescue manBy Rachel Beck, Corvallis Gazette-TimesA man who collapsed of an apparent heart attack at Oregon State University's Dixon Recreation Center was given life-saving first aid by three student employees - two of whom were there purely by chance. | 04/13/2009Officers save RPS worker’s lifeBy Nick Cusack, Indiana Daily StudentIU Police Department officers armed with a defibrillator saved the life of an IU staff member early Sunday morning. | 04/13/2009Soldier 'lucky to be alive' after heart attack, 20 defibrillator shocksBy Erica Molina Johnson, El Paso TimesMaster Sgt. Gary Goodrich knows he probably would be dead if the slightest thing had gone differently March 13. |
04/13/2009Porter County police officer, teens work to save Jackson man's lifeChesterton TribuneA Jackson Township man who suffered a heart attack was alive on Friday thanks to a quick-thinking and well-trained Porter County Sheriff's Police officer. | 04/13/2009Eisenhower staffers save student’s lifeBy Cathy Bayer, rrstar.comAn Eisenhower Middle School student is recovering at Rockford Memorial Hospital after collapsing at track practice Wednesday afternoon. | 04/02/2009Trooper, firefighter revive truck driver who suffered possible heart attack, crashing on Turnpike in EdisonBy Joshua Burd, myCentralJersey.comA state trooper and an off-duty firefighter revived a truck driver Tuesday after an apparent heart attack caused him to crash into a guard rail near the New Jersey Turnpike toll plaza, New Jersey State Police said. |
04/02/2009Employees Use Defibrillator to Save Colleague's LifeNewsChannel 8 Arlington, VAA local heart attack victim has quick-thinking friends and an important piece of technology to thank for binging him back to life. | 02/05/2009A GOOD AGE: Cohasset caterer saved by Quincy firefighters on their doorstepBy Sue Scheible, The Patriot LedgerQUINCY -- Arthur Roebuck, a Cohasset caterer who has served royalty, was choking on a cracker in the back seat of his son's car. That's the last he remembers about his brush with death. | 01/29/2009Basketball Player Meets Those Who Saved His LifeBy Jessica Clark, Firstcoastnews.comTuesday afternoon, Dolphan McFadden cheered on his pals from the sideline of the basketball court. |
01/25/2009Friends, strangers help save lifeBy Elizabeth Richardson, The Times-HeraldOne member experienced "a great comeback" at a local health club, and he has the quick response of friends and strangers to thank. | ||
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