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HeartRescue:
A Collaborative Initiative to Increase SCA Survival in the United States

Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is the leading killer of Americans, claiming an estimated 295,000 lives each year¹ – more than AIDS², lung³, breast⁴ and prostate⁵ cancer combined.

For more than ten years, the Medtronic Foundation's HeartRescue program has funded and helped develop cutting-edge programs designed to save more lives, adapting its approach and funding priorities to maximize impact.

Today, HeartRescue funding is available to support U.S.-based community to state-wide initiatives that focus on a "systems-based" approach to SCA response.  Once a model of success has been established in the United States, we plan to expand globally, unifying best practices in responding and treating out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, a leading cause of death worldwide. 

Working with select, premier partners, efforts will be focused on developing an integrated community response to SCA, coordinating education, training and the application of high-tech treatments among the general public, first responders (police/fire), emergency medical services (EMS) and hospitals. Grant applications are currently accepted by invitation only. Learn more

1. Each year, there an estimated 295,000 emergency medical services-treated out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the United States.  (JAMA. 2008; 300:1423-1431).
2. (18,000 deaths) U.S. HIV & AIDS Statistic Summary.  Avert.org
3. (152,000 deaths) Jemel A. CA Cancer J Clin. 2003; 53:5-26
4. (40,000 deaths) Jemel A. CA Cancer J Clin. 2003; 53:5-26
5. (32,000 deaths) http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/prostate