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Over 300,000 people have their hearts stop suddenly (suffer Sudden Cardiac Arrest or SCA) yearly in the United States alone. Unfortunately, less than 10% of people survive SCA, but most survivors return to their home and back to their usual activities. Of these survivors, many were previously healthy. However, due to the low likelihood of survival, many survivors do not have any social and emotional support regarding their illness available and therefore suffer anxiety or even depression.
Project Owner, Mike, suffered a cardiac arrest in April of 2010. See below for his story.
This project, Cardiac Arrest Survivors' Support, raises money to assist our research project assessing the amount of depression and anxiety that SCA survivors feel. Specifically, this campaign seeks to raise money to purchase home based CPR training kits for survivors and their families to use at home. We hope to see if providing this service, in addition to other care, affects patients' anxiety and depression 6 months and 1 year after they return home from their SCA.
Susan, far right, suffered a cardiac arrest in November of 2011. See below for her story.
Please consider a donation to the Cardiac Arrest Survivors' Support campaign of the University of Pittsburgh Center for Cardiac Arrest Survival. All funds go directly to supporting SCA survivors. The first $5000 raised will help purchase over 200 CPR training kits for survivors and their families. Additional money will go to other projects including helping survivors network and attend national survivors' meetings.
Thank you for your caring and support of this important project!
25 year old Jeffrey Whitmore, right, suffered a cardiac arrest in May of 2015. See below for his story.
The University of Pittsburgh Department of Emergency Medicine Center for Cardiac Arrest Survival researches different modalities on how to increase survival from cardiac arrest. Our team includes 6 physicians, research associates and administrative support personnel. Clinically, we care for greater than 250 patients yearly after cardiac arrest, many of whom are also involved in research projects. Using the knowledge we have gained from treating these patients and analyzing research data, we have helped increase survival to hospital discharge after SCA in the City of Pittsburgh to 16%! We have found that many SCA survivors and their families are quite motivated to advance the care of future victims of SCA.
Susan Koeppen
Mike Epitropoulos
Jeffrey Whitmore
Your gift at the $30 level will help us purchase one home-based CPR kit for cardiac arrest survivors. Thank you for your support!
Your gift at the $60 level will help us purchase TWO home-based CPR kits for cardiac arrest survivors. Thank you for your support!
Your gift at the $150 level will help us purchase FIVE home-based CPR kits for cardiac arrest survivors. Thank you for your generous support! All donors at this level will receive a hand written thank you note from the faculty team of the Center for Cardiac Arrest Survival.
Your gift at the $300 level will help us purchase TEN home-based CPR kits for cardiac arrest survivors. Thank you for your generous support! All donors at this level will be invited to an exclusive event to meet the faculty of the Center for Cardiac Arrest Survival in our offices.
Your gift of $500 will help us purchase home-based CPR kits for cardiac arrest survivors. Thank you for your generous support! All donors at this level will be invited to an exclusive event to meet the faculty of the Center for Cardiac Arrest Survival in our offices. Additionally, donors at this level will receive a signed thank note from a cardiac arrest survivor
Your gift of $1000 will help us purchase home-based CPR kits for cardiac arrest survivors. Thank you for your very generous support! All donors at this level will be invited to an exclusive CPR training event taught by one of the faculty of the Center for Cardiac Arrest Survival!
Your gift of $2500 will help us purchase home-based CPR kits for cardiac arrest survivors. Thank you for your incredibly generous support! All donors at this level will be invited to an exclusive event to attend a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 'Science of Resuscitation' class and hear a cardiac arrest survivor tell their story!