Help Stop Sudden Cardiac Arrest - AEDs should be more accessible
- Target:
- US Secretary of Education and the US Department of Health and Human Services
- Region:
- United States of America
- Website:
- www.stopcardiacarrest.org
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) claims more than 380,000* lives per year, and is the leading cause of death in the United States. If the availability of timely and appropriate care is increased, survival rates will improve. These deaths occur in all ages, genders, ethnicities and geographic areas –SCA can strike anyone, anytime. Having automated external defibrillators (AEDs) accessible in schools and places of public gathering increases an SCA victim’s chance of survival.
The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Coalition (SCAC) is comprised of 46 nonprofit organizations that have joined together to increase survival from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) through initiatives to expand public awareness, research funding and access to life-saving therapies. The SCAC is focused on promoting sound federal legislative and regulatory policies that can help achieve these goals. http://www.stopcardiacarrest.org/about-the-sca-coalition
* American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2012 Update. Circulation: 15 Dec. 2011
STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
• American College of Cardiology
• American Heart Association
• Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation
• Heart Rhythm Society
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association
• Parent Heart Watch
• Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes (SADS) Foundation
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association
• WomenHeart (National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease)
COALITION MEMBERS
• Alliance for Aging Research
• American Association of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• American Association of Critical Care Nurses
• American Association of Heart Failure Nurses
• Association of Black Cardiologists
• American College of Preventive Medicine
• American Society of Echocardiography
• American Society of Exercise Physiologists
• Black Women’s Health Imperative
• Cardiac Electrophysiology Society
• Center for Resuscitation Science
• The Richard B. and Lynne V. Cheney Cardiovascular Institute at The George Washington University
• Initial Life Support Foundation
• International Association of Fire Fighters
• International Association of EMS Educators
• Mended Hearts
• National Association of EMTs
• National Athletic Trainers’ Association
• National Emergency Number Association
• National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
• Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society
• Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association
• Project ADAM
• Project S.A.V.E.
• Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication (SHAPE)
• Society for Women’s Health Research
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation
• Take Heart America
REGIONAL MEMBERS
• Allison’s Heart Foundation for Children and Young Adults
• Anthony Bates Foundation
• The Chad Foundation for Athletes and Artists
• Florida Heart Research Institute
• The Greg Moyer Fund
• KEN Heart Foundation
• Matthew Krug Foundation
• Sarah Friend Heart Foundation
• Saving Young Hearts
We the undersigned agree with the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Coalition and its member organizations that automated external defibrillators (AEDs), along with strong Emergency Action Plans should be in all schools and places of public gathering, including sports venues, shopping malls and places of business.
By signing this petition you lend your voice to the voiceless victims of SCA and to the few grateful survivors and stand up to say “No more needless deaths, AEDs save lives and should be in our schools and places of public gathering.”
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