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GETAC Support for TX-CARES
The Governor’s Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Advisory Council released a position statement in support of Texas-CARES. Background Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a leading cause of death in Texas with an estimated incidence of 60 people affected each...
Survivor Story: Kristen Walenga
“I went into sudden cardiac arrest on the morning of Saturday, August 24, 2019. My husband was at work and I was home with my four children, Nate (9), Sam (11), Rose(14), and Eddie (15). I was in the kitchen making breakfast for my kids before our day of youth football began. Sam and Nate were outside playing, Rose was upstairs with her AirPods in her ears and could not hear much of anything going on in the house. Eddie was just waking up in our basement where he slept the night before having fallen asleep after playing online video games.”
Post-Cardiac Arrest Care Academy January 15, 2020
Texas-CARES in partnership with Penn Medicine’s TTM Academy present: “Optimizing Cardiac Arrest Survival with State-of-the-Art Post-Arrest Care”. When: January 15th, 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Where: MD Anderson Simulation Center, Houston, TX What: Didactic and Hands-On...
Survivor Story: Scott Corron
A few short years ago, Scott Corron suffered sudden cardiac arrest at a spin studio. His 12-year-old daughter was there. She was doing homework in the lobby. She was naturally frightened – she had no idea what was happening. “There was my dad on the floor,” she said....
CPR LifeLinks Training & Outreach
McGovern Med at UTHealth Emergency Medicine Department Chair, Ben Bobrow, and Director of Implementation Science, Micah Panczyk, teamed up on October 14 with a host of resuscitation experts at EMS World Expo to produce a first-of-its-kind: a hands-on High-Performance...
Cardiac Arrest Registry Expands Reach Through Public-Private Collaboration
CARES is expanding its reach, with a goal of including all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia in its registry and doubling the survival rate from witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrests within five years, thanks to support from a collaborative group. Please...
Texas-CARES receives HeartRescue United States Grant
Texas-CARES has been awarded a 2019-2020 HeartRescue United States supplemental grant of nearly $30,000 to support efforts to expand the registry and to optimize 9-1-1 and EMS care in Texas. HeartRescue United States, funded by Medtronic Corporation, is a consortium...
Learn Chest-Compression CPR
When a person experiences sudden cardiac arrest, the heart stops beating, often without warning. OHCA can happen anytime, anywhere, to anyone. Though the vast majority of patients die, early bystander chest compressions and early Automated External Defibrillation...
Texas-CARES and CPR LifeLinks Academy
Texas-CARES & CPR LifeLinks Academy November 25: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Texas EMS Conference – Fort Worth Join an expert faculty group at this course and learn: How to join the expanding Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) How CARES can promote improved...
Suffering Cardiac Arrest In Chicago Used To Be A Near-Certained Death Sentence. But In Just A Few Years, The Survival Rate Tripled. What Happened?
The reason, scientists say, is largely because more bystanders are performing CPR in the crucial moments after a person's heart stops beating. Please see the following link:...