Posts mentioning well-known cardiac arrest cases — public figures, athletes and celebrities who have survived or died from cardiac arrest, and what their stories mean for awareness.
As we mark VJ Day, Britain remembers those who endured unimaginable hardship in the Far East during the Second World War. Yet few realise that some of these survivors went on to fight a different battle—one against sudden cardiac arrest—and their wartime experiences directly shaped the life-saving treatments we rely on today. The Railway of … Read more
On returning from parkrun, I popped into a local Community First Responders open morning. I told the CFRs about SCA UK, and running came up because I was in my parkrun gear. I mentioned how many survivors in the group had had their SCA whilst running, cycling or doing some other energetic activity. He quipped, … Read more
Going back to the 3rd of April 2022, it was a day that started normally. My son and I went to a walking football tournament at Caldicot Leisure Centre. It was an over-50s tournament, and he came along for moral support. He loves football, so he wanted to watch. We arrived as normal, got changed, … Read more