Read the True Stores of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivors

On November 22, 2019 Vail Ski Instructor Doug Bartholomew, 40, suffered a cardiac arrest in the locker room at Golden Peak Ski Area. Vail Resort Ski Patrol employees sprung to action — performing [...]

When I turned 30 my heart had slowed down quite a bit. I was in the hospital that Christmas for about a week. The first morning I went to cardiac rehab I got off the bike and was walking around [...]

I was driving to take my girls out to dinner and then I apparently had a cardiac arrest. I don’t remember driving and I don’t remember any of it. My daughter was in the front seat and [...]

On Saturday January 19th 2019 while skiing at Vail Colorado I somehow fell into a snow bank headfirst and was buried up to my boots.  My heart stopped beating for what we think was around eight [...]

I was in the kitchen and my roommate Tina came through and I asked her if she’d like a cup of tea and she said sure, just let me take the trash out. She came back and I was down on the [...]

I was a newlywed of eleven days, reporting to work for the third day in a new position with the Vail Valley Partnership. I was 27 years old, trying to maintain a professional career and a [...]