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.
SCA Hero Pins are available! Purchase one for the sudden cardiac arrest responder in your life. Click here to download the order form.
Do you know about a hero story, or know someone who deserves recognition? Please contact SCAA.
08/31/2010Football Fans Help to Save Berkeley County Man's Life at GameBy Octavia Mitchell, WCBD TVThe excitement was not only on the field at Friday night's Berkeley High School football game, but in the stands as well, for a different and serious reason. A man stopped breathing, and the game paused as fans rushed to help save his life. | 08/31/2010Y Co-Workers' Training Saved His LifeBy Joe Habina, Charlotte ObserverOn Thursday, Matthew McAulay will make a phone call to an old friend, Kathy Kuras, who lives in Chicago. They'll catch up and talk about when they both worked at the Lake Norman YMCA. | 08/23/2010AED Saves Young Teen's LifeBy Brianne Randle, KHON 2"Everything was OK until I got the call and they said something happened to my son," describes Pearl Spencer. |
08/23/2010Firefighter Grateful for Colleagues Who Saved His LifeBy Suzanne Hoholik, The Columbus DispatchWhen Lt. Mike Polaski collapsed during a house fire in February, he was surrounded by fellow firefighters specially trained for that kind of medical crisis. | 08/23/2010Dewey Seasonal Officer HonoredBy Sarah Lake, Delmarva Media GroupA seasonal police officer has received national recognition for the heroic July 4 rescue of a Seaford firefighter who went into cardiac arrest. | 08/19/2010Mills Fleet Farm employees save man's life using CPRBob Moore FOX 6 ReporterTerry Lee, and his son Andrew returned to the Mills Fleet Farm customer service desk Monday to deliver a heart felt thank you. The day after the July floods, Lee entered the Germantown store and never made it to the sump pumps. |
08/16/2010Man's revival spurs CPR training for parks staffWoods saved a man's life.Donnie Woods was watching a pickup basketball game at the Avery Street recreation center when a young man collapsed on the court. | 08/16/2010Local heroes receive awards for life-saving effortsSaturday, August 14, 2010Two township residents who were brought back from the brink of death had the opportunity to thank the local heroes who saved their lives and see them honored last week. | 07/27/2010Cops, rescue squad revive golfer in CoramJuly 25, 2010 By JENNIFER BARRIOSA 48-year-old Queens man who suffered cardiac arrest on a golf course in Coram Sunday morning was revived by Suffolk police and Coram Rescue officials. |
07/20/2010Colorado man delivers pizza, saves heart attack victimBy Keith Coffman, ReutersA laid off paramedic who turned to delivering pizzas to make ends meet is credited with saving the life of a man who went into cardiac arrest just as a pizza was delivered to his door. | 07/20/2010Mt. Kisco club member saved by trainers after suffering heart attackBy Christine Burroni, LoHud.comKathy Margiasso, the fitness director at Mount Kisco Athletic Club, and another personal trainer were waiting for their 9 a.m. appointments last week when a member came running toward them. | 07/20/2010Firefighters receive lifesaver awardsbaxterbulletin.com |
07/19/2010Police officer knows defibrillators are a life-saverBy Harrison Haas, The Citizen of LaconiaOfficer Daniel O'Neill, a six-year veteran of the Gilford Police Department, knows what it is like to make a life-and-death decision. | 07/16/2010Westworth Village woman acted quickly to save boyfriend with CPRPosted Wednesday, Jul. 14, 2010Monty Suttle has no memory of the evening in June when his girlfriend found him unconscious in the back yard. | 07/12/2010Canadian Thanks Minnesotans Who Saved His LifeJul 8, 2010 6:03 pm US/CentralA year after one man almost died, he was able to say "thank you" to the people who saved his life. |
07/12/2010Upper Merion cardiac arrest survivor meets his lifesaver in personThursday, July 08, 2010When rookie Officer Michael Burton walked through the doors of the township building, he was greeted by many supporters, but the embrace of one man meant the most. | 07/12/2010Pro turns medic when golfer has heart attack at Wood Dale courseBy Jake GriffinBryan Lindstrom never envisioned using a golf cart as an ambulance. | 07/06/2010Miami cop's speed saves day at 5K -- and a man's lifeBY DIANA MOSKOVITZA fast-thinking Miami police officer helped save a man's life -- and later found out the man he saved was the city treasurer. |
07/06/2010BSO Deputies Saved Passenger's Life At AirportJul 3, 2010 9:37 am US/EasternTwo Broward Sheriffs deputies are being hailed as heroes for saving the life of a passenger who had suffered a heart attack minutes after stepping off a plane. | 07/06/2010Local nurse stopped to help a strangerBy Dave ThompsonJen Stowers recalls minute details of the day Chris Cass doesn’t remember at all. | 07/06/2010Firefighter collapses in cardiac arrest in Dewey BeachAlan Henney WGMD NewsA firefighter collapsed in cardiac arrest in Dewey Beach as visitors were leaving the beaches in mass following the fireworks. |
07/06/2010Whitefish firefighter hailed as heroBy LYNNETTE HINTZEA Whitefish firefighter who had just finished a grueling mountain-bike endurance race in Oregon found himself in an unusual spot afterwards — saving another firefighter’s life. | 07/02/2010Passenger's Cardiac Arrest Leads to "Shocking" Change at MIAAfter a man went into cardiac arrest in the passport line, more defibrillators are being addedThe passport security and customs area at Miami International Airport, is now equipped to handle a cardiac arrest. That wasn't the case May 22nd when an international traveler collapsed. | 07/02/2010CFD and citizen saves life at bowling alleyChesterton firefighters saved a lifeChesterton firefighters saved a life on Tuesday at the bowling alley with a couple of shocks from an automated external defibrillator (AED). |
07/02/2010Firefighter Saved By Friends After Heart AttackPosted By: Ron PlantsFelix Conigilo is a 30 year veteran and past chief with the Kenmore Volunteer Fire Department so he knows plenty of first aid and has been on numerous medical calls which are handled by that department. | 07/02/2010Dallas County prosecutor saves man's life by doing CPRJennifer Emily/ReporterLast week, Dallas County drug court prosecutor Jeff Matovich came upon a man who had a heart attack in the courthouse parking garage and began doing CPR in hopes of saving his life. | 06/29/2010Petal High coach released from hospitalJune 26, 2010Petal High School girls basketball coach Tommy Edwards was dismissed from an Alabama hospital Saturday after suffering cardiac arrest on Monday and heart surgery on Tuesday. |
06/29/2010Airport AED, Fast-Acting Bystander Save TravelerJun 27, 2010Thanks to the heroic efforts a quick-acting bystander and the on-site availability of an automated external defibrillator, a tragedy was averted and a life saved recently at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. On a recent June morning, Gaylord Hall and his wife were using the check-in kiosk at the Delta ticket lobby, when Hall suddenly collapsed. Dennis Tracey, M.D., the medical science liaison for Birmingham, Ala.-based Veinwave USA, happened to be nearby. He stepped in and quickly determined that Hall was not breathing and had no pulse. Tracey immediately began emergency medical treatment until the on-site paramedics arrived. | 06/29/2010Priest goes into cardiac arrest, receives aid from parishionerBrandon Ferguson, CorrespondentSt. Benedict's parishioner Mary Louise Perez was in the choir loft during Mass on Sunday when Father Andrew McGuire collapsed mid-service in full view of the congregation. | 06/29/2010Pair want to thank life-saving MarineBy Diane Bell, UNION-TRIBUNE COLUMNISTNot many mortals get called angels. But that’s what Ellen Blash calls the unidentified Marine who appeared suddenly in a dark alley in Golden Hill at a very dark moment. |
06/21/201015-year-old saved from cardiac arrestSaved by EMSUntil February 27, the only thing 15 year-old Josh Bowman worried about was his skateboard. | 06/21/2010'Good Samaritan' nurse comes to aid of injured motoristBy TARYN LUNA / The Dallas Morning NewsAdam Golden is a nurse who supervises the night shift at Forest Park Medical Center’s intensive-care unit. | 06/21/2010Grateful New Kensington patient owes life to EMS crewBy R. A. MontiFeb. 12 was supposed to be a day of celebration for Vickie Eckert. She and her boyfriend were going to celebrate their fifth anniversary of dating by going to a Pittsburgh Penguins game. |
06/18/2010Troopers touted in light of heroismSaved man who went into cardiac arrest mid-flightTwo state police troopers from Springfield are being touted for their efforts to save a man who went into cardiac arrest aboard a Boston bound flight. Trooper Robert Church and Trooper Matt Simpson work out of the Springfield barracks. Sunday, they were leaving a narcotics training seminar in Phoenix when a man seated next to Simpson stopped breathing -- still on the runway. | 06/18/2010Good samaritans get "Lifesaver Award"Posted by Boua XiongSamantha Greensky and Dennis Kiesel were at Country Lanes Volleyball court when Todd White went into cardiac arrest. Greensky and Kiesel started to perform CPR on White. | 06/18/2010Hospital workers save colleague in cardiac arrestBy Bruce R. PostenMedical technologist Kermit Koehler of Muhlenberg Township planned to retire April 1. |
06/14/2010Madison teenager lives after having heart attack in schoolPosted: Jun 11, 2010 11:18 PM CDTA Bob Jones student nearly dies after having a seizure at school. | 06/14/2010Repair crew from SDG&E earns praise as emergency respondersBy Diane Bell, UNION-TRIBUNE COLUMNISTIf one could pick a place to have a heart attack, aside from a doctors convention or hospital, it’s not a bad idea to be on duty with an SDG&E repair crew. | 06/11/2010Bellevue Police officer using defibrillator helps save teacherBy BELLEVUE REPORTERA middle-school teacher was revived after collapsing Tuesday when a police officer at the school on another call helped deploy a defibrillator. |
06/11/2010Quick response instrumental in saving life of cardiac-arrest victimBy KATIE BACKMAN, DAILY SUNEven though Marv Knight doesn’t remember the day he suffered a cardiac arrest at Saddlebrook Recreation Center, his friends and family recall the day vividly. Knight, a Village of Springdale resident, was playing softball March 15 at Saddlebrook when he experienced his near-fatal episode. Onlookers could tell something was wrong with Knight as he slowly slipped out of consciousness. | 06/10/2010Officers honored for saving lifeOfficers honored for saving lifeTwo Seabrook police officers were honored yesterday for their efforts in saving a woman's life in January. | 06/10/2010Bellevue Police officer using defibrillator helps save teacherA middle-school teacher was revivedA middle-school teacher was revived after collapsing Tuesday when a police officer at the school on another call helped deploy a defibrillator. |
06/09/2010Defibrillator credited in Vestal rescueOwego man collapsed on Rail TrailThe quick action of bystanders and a Vestal policeman with a defibrillator saved the life of an elderly man who collapsed on the town's Rail Trail. | 06/09/2010911 dispatcher helps daughter give CPR, save mother's lifeBy Ashley YarchinMake the trip to Wentzville and, most likely, you won't meet the family in this story but they hope you'll remember theirs. | 06/09/2010For George School coach, nasty blow was blessing in disguisePosted on Sun, Jun. 6, 2010He hit fly balls to the outfielders. |
06/04/2010Gym Teacher and Nurse Honored for Saving Student's Lifereporter: Dara ReesAn Adams County student is alive today thanks to the quick thinking of a Fairfield Area gym teacher and school nurse. Those two, plus many others who came to his rescue were honored Wednesday. | 06/04/2010New CPR Method Saving LivesBJ Austin, KERA NewsThe recommended way to do CPR has changed, and it's saving lives in North Texas. A certified CPR Trainer taught KERA's BJ Austin how to do the newest technique, and we got it on video. BJ says the change to CPR came about as part of a nationwide study on how to improve survival rates for cardiac arrest patients. | 06/04/2010Rescuers Shock Town Employee Back To LIfePolice Find Man On Floor With No PulseIt was a close call for a Hanover town employee who recently went into cardiac arrest on the job. He's OK, thanks to the quick thinking of a local police officer and the chief. |
06/04/2010Neighbor saves man’s life with CPRBy Kelsey Cano, Staff WriterWhen Judy Porges saw her husband, Ron, motionless next to their lawn mower in their backyard, she ran outside screaming for help as she thought to herself, “I’m not ready to lose him.” | 06/04/2010Boy Resuscitated After Collapse At Bolder Boulder Finish LineBoy One Of Nearly 2 Dozen Treated By Race Medical PersonnelMedics revived a 13-year-old Bolder Boulder runner who went into cardiac arrest at the Folsom Field finish line Monday morning. | 06/02/2010Neshanic fire chief collapses at fire sceneBy Audrey Levine, Staff WriterNeshanic Volunteer Fire Department Chief William Iden was hospitalized Tuesday after suffering from cardiac arrest while at the scene of an electrical fire in a home on Amwell Road around 9:30 p.m. |
06/02/2010Rescue of woman underscores benefit of defibrillatorsBy Sandy Quadros BowlesA quick-thinking Northboro police officer used the defibrillator in his cruiser last week to save a woman’s life. | 06/02/2010Six firefighters receive awards at councilBY GEORGE W. RHODES SUN CHRONICLE STAFFSix firefighters were honored for their part in resuscitating a man who went into cardiac arrest at his home last March. | 05/27/2010CPR Class Helps East Valley Student Save A LifeBy Peter BukowskiIt's a skill you hope you never have to use, but when a man collapsed at the Safeway Starbucks off 5th and Lincoln Thursday night, Jessica Baken turned knowledge into action. |
05/25/2010The Save Goes to ... Target FieldBy Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MNPat Hall remembers walking into Target Field a month ago on her first visit to the Twins' new ballpark. She remembers sitting in the front row of Section 103, almost close enough to touch the players. The last thing she remembers is going up the steps to use the restroom during the seventh-inning stretch. | 04/01/2010Woman Reunited With Paramedics Who Saved Her LifeBy kmov.comLast August, Mary Smith was walking into a restaurant when she went in to cardiac arrest. Luckily for her, paramedics were just moments away. | 03/31/2010Defibrillator, Quick Thinking Save Life of Pearland AthleteBy Moises Mendoza, Chron Houston & Texas NewsThe players panicked as they surrounded an unconscious Jonathan Moore on the football field outside Pearland's Glenda Dawson High School on March 3. |
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. | 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? | 08/07/2009Cardiac 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. |
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. |
In the News
08/31/2010
Emergency Responders Warn AEDs Can't Save Lives Without Regular Attention
By wqow.com
08/31/2010
NY Man Dies on Flight to Milwaukee
By Associated Press
Sponsors
Visit Our Virtual Exhibit Hall