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Brian
  • By Brian · New reply 4:00 pm
  • Journal · 15 replies
  • I am pleased to announce that we have updated Inspire to support video. You can now share a video of yourself, videos that you find inspirational or informative, and more. I've included one of myself ...

Confused but very hopeful

frustratedaughter
  • By frustratedaughter · New reply 11:04 am
  • Discussion in Surviving SCA · 12 replies
  • My 81 year old mother suffered SCA a week ago. She was without oxygen for approximately 6 minutes before being given CPR by the medics. They also began the hypothermic treatment in her home, by IV. This ...

Why are we here?

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply November 16, 2008
  • Journal · 124 replies
  • When we started this community, each of us faced important health issues in our lives. Some of us have family members with medical conditions. Many of us have medical conditions of our own. All of us ...

Travel after ablation...

fabu
  • By fabu · New reply November 16, 2008
  • Discussion in Living with an ICD · 5 replies
  • Pete is back in U penn hosp... big job yesterday he was airlifted here from jersey Shore... he had 4 zaps on the floor at target ... and 2 more in J.S. .. they went in and ablated 35 spots in lower r ...

Ventricular Fibrillation

Tammy1
  • By Tammy1 · New reply November 12, 2008
  • Discussion in Surviving SCA · 3 replies
  • OK, I don't know what to do or what to think. I had a 6 week follow up with my Cardiologist due to starting Sotalol. My device went off last week and with all of my other symptoms I wasn't too concerned ...

AM I GOING TO DIE

bingo
  • By bingo · New reply November 11, 2008
  • Discussion in Living with an ICD · 4 replies
  • I have an icd but it doesn't stop me from being scared. I also have congestive heart failure. My cardiologist told me that it depended on my outlook on life as to how long I would live. Does anyone else ...

Anoxic brain injury; what's normal?

Axykatt
  • By Axykatt · New reply November 11, 2008
  • Journal · 7 replies
  • After a SCA my 25 y/o husband is now being hospitalized with ABI. The doctors and hospital staff are very reluctant to tell us what is a sign of recovery, and what is simply reflexes or unconscious movement ...

phantom shocks

fabu
  • By fabu · New reply November 7, 2008
  • Discussion in Medical and scientific research · 3 replies
  • has anyone out there experienced phantom shocks from their icd? apparently there is a thing because i went to the er thinking that my icd just fired up to and including after pain in my chest. wasn't ...

Stress can trigger an SCA?

MarylandTom
  • By MarylandTom · New reply October 21, 2008
  • Discussion in Surviving SCA · 8 replies
  • I have been reading through some of the discussions and one in particular had a reply (from Mary1) talking about stress as a trigger for an SCA. She also talked about a genetic test testing for "CPVT ...

Stories of Extraordinary Heroes

liferesus
  • By liferesus · Posted October 19, 2008
  • Discussion in Promoting CPR and AEDs · 0 replies
  • Read stories of how ordinary people turned heroes at this site www.firstaidcorps.org ...

Driving privileges taken away...

Mary1
  • By Mary1 · New reply October 15, 2008
  • Discussion in Surviving SCA · 6 replies
  • Hello, After my first SCA in July 2006, I was not allowed to drive for 6 months (I think NYS law). After my 2nd SCA in December 2007, I was told the same thing. The problem, however, is that the cardiologist ...

Montana Survivors

danmontana
  • By danmontana · Posted October 7, 2008
  • Discussion in Promoting CPR and AEDs · 0 replies
  • I'm putting together an AED Program. I need Survivors in Montana to help with testimonials ...

Dazed and Confused

shamrock
  • By shamrock · New reply October 7, 2008
  • Journal · 15 replies
  • My husband has had an ICD for 10 years now, and is still scared to death of it. All he'll do is sit and watch TV, as he's afraid that if he does any physical activity, he will get "thumped". Needless ...

ablation at u of p on monday?

fabu
  • By fabu · New reply October 3, 2008
  • Discussion in Surviving SCA · 11 replies
  • had 3 defibs passing out each time 1 my partner driving and i went down after a few secs the icd went off i woke up got to er and it happened 2 more times... these events are the 9th time since the icd ...

anxiety at night

formydad
  • By formydad · New reply September 25, 2008
  • Discussion in Living with an ICD · 6 replies
  • Well my father was to have his ICD tested last Friday, but instead ended up having a hernia operation. While in the hospital he had some sleep, but I think it was because of the pain med for the hernia ...

Proof of Life Saved by AED

liferesus
  • By liferesus · Posted September 25, 2008
  • Discussion in Promoting CPR and AEDs · 0 replies
  • Our voluntary organisation recently documented a life saved during a mass event. You can view the photo of the actual event here - http://tinyurl.com/FirstAidCorps-KPELife SavedPic You can also view the ...

Anoxin Brain Injury

royal
  • By royal · New reply September 24, 2008
  • Discussion in Surviving SCA · 21 replies
  • Hello Coleen In response to your discussion of Feb.7th 2008............My husband is going through the same thing as your Father and I am trying to find others who have gone through the same thing. With ...

Two months since SCA

crochet
  • By crochet · New reply September 22, 2008
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • Now I can be away from my husband without worry for a few hours. He has a watch with which he can quickly and easily check his heart rate. He has an automatic blood pressure gadget that he attaches to ...

Personality Change?

Lydjahh
  • By Lydjahh · New reply September 17, 2008
  • Discussion in Surviving SCA · 49 replies
  • Has anyone experienced a substantial, noticeable personality change since SCA? I have, and family and friends say I am much more calm and I find myself to be much more tolerant of things that used to ...

what happens when the ICD is tested?

formydad
  • By formydad · New reply September 7, 2008
  • Discussion in Living with an ICD · 11 replies
  • Hello: My father has to have his ICD tested. He had one implanted 4 weeks ago, and after the procedure they were not able to test it. Can anyone tell me what exactly they do? I'm assuming they have to ...

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