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Home | Survivor Story | Page 27

Survivor Story

How not to die from a cardiac arrest

by Paul Swindell

Really proud to say that SCA UK had a small part to play in the new BBC Three film – “How not to die from a cardiac arrest“. We were approached earlier in the year by independent documentary company True Vision who’d found us via our website. They were looking for a young* volunteer who’d survived a … Read more

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My Three months of Occupational Therapy, Part 2

by Willem Pretorius

Post by Willem Pretorius This is the second part of Willem’s occupational therapy (OT) journal and if you missed it you can catch up on part one here.    Occupational therapy aims to improve your ability to do everyday tasks if you’re having difficulties and this can be encountered by SCA survivors due to the effects … Read more

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Mind the gap

by Matt Brown

As I approach my first ‘re-birthday’ and after the amazing Guinness World Record Attempt day I have been reflecting on my own journey of recovery, even though there is still a way to travel with it. On the video we watched during the attempt it showed that, in terms of issues in recovery, 44 people … Read more

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