Are you a Survivor of Sudden Cardiac Arrest?
Share your SCA Story
We want to hear your SCA story and share it with the world. Whether you lost a loved one, are a survivor, or helped to save someones life. We can help to make your voice heard. Please fill out the form below and we will contact you to discuss how Sudden Cardiac Arrest has affected your life. Knowledge is Power.
Latest SCA Survivor StoriesVIEW ALL
Carol Mathewson – Survivor
On August 17, 2008, I participated in the Danskin Triathlon in Seattle and experienced sudden cardiac arrest during the swimming portion. About 20 yards from shore, I hung on to a man’s kayak for a minute and then let go and sunk to the bottom of Lake Washington. Two volunteer rescue divers got me on […]
Gene Johnson – Survivor
I was struck with SCA on September 11, 2002. My heart went into VF and I dropped in my driveway. Our daughter called to see what we were doing at about the same time. My wife checked on me and screamed… call 911! The local police scanner picked up on the 911 call and was […]
Kirsty Liddell – Survivor
Story courtesy of the Herald Sun A Melbourne mother of three who was left brain dead for up to 12 minutes after collapsing in front of her young family has astounded doctors by walking away from the cardiac arrest with no brain damage. But Monash Heart doctors say while the odds were stacked high against […]
Michael Larsen – Survivor
Forty-eight-year-old musician Michael Larsen was having Christmas dinner with a friend last December when he started to feel sweaty and out of breath. Suddenly, he felt thumping in his chest (his defibrillator had gone off ). “There was this terrible pounding. It was terrifying,” he says now. Larsen was rushed to the nearest hospital and […]
Butch Gibbs – Survivor
Butch Gibbs can tell you that, with a little effort, big things can be done in small town America. In 2003 Butch and his wife Susie, a registered nurse, applied for a grant from a federal agency that helps small, rural towns get necessary emergency medical equipment. As a result, their town of Humeston, Iowa—population […]
Lori Hladik – Survivor
My SCA happened on Feb. 2, 2007 so I am essentially 4 yrs old. It happened when I was driving home from dinner at Racine’s in Denver, CO. I was stopped at a stoplight on 8th and Galapago. When the light turned green, I passed out in my driver’s seat from SCA. The person in […]
Christopher Dirks – Survivor
Life, Death, and the Space Between – My experience with Sudden Cardiac Arrest. On March 1, 2011, at the age of 42, I was about 20 min. into a routine two-hour run around Lake Merritt in Oakland when I collapsed from Sudden Cardiac Arrest (V-Fib). To my fortune, there was a runner, Andy Hill, who […]
Lynn Blake – Survivor
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 balanced, healthy lifestyle while having fun and living life to the fullest in the extraordinary Rocky Mountains of Colorado. […]
CPR / DFIB Classes
Starting Hearts has two types of classes for members of the community. businesses and schools to sign up for, CPR/Defib and Call.Push.Skock.
SH Programs
Starting Hearts is founded on Empowerment. Every year in the US, EMS teams respond to nearly 360,000 Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) events. Our Programs:
The Heart Rod
The Heart Rod is a CPR/DEFIB classroom on wheels in which we travel all over the country to help train and inform people about Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
