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HEARTRESCUE
New application deadlines for HeartRescue.
See Guidelines pages for details.
Supporting Programs to Increase SCA Survival
| Type of Grant: |
Health |
| Who Can Apply: |
Nonprofit Organizations or Public Institutions |
| What: |
Saving lives from sudden cardiac arrest through support of SCA awareness, prevention and treatment efforts |
| Locations Served: |
United States, Canada, Japan |
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death throughout the world. For many victims of SCA, there is no previous history of heart problems. Sudden cardiac arrest is often the first symptom, and can occur in outwardly healthy people with no known heart disease or other health problems. Most victims have heart disease, although they may not know it. The key to survival for most victims is immediate care and a strong chain of survival that includes early access to an automated external defibrillator (AED) and follow-up care to assess the need for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).
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HeartRescue 2009: Helping to Save More Lives
In an effort to make an even greater impact on SCA survival and meet the challenge of increasing the number of bystanders trained in CPR and AED use, the HeartRescue 2009 Program will focus U.S. grant guidelines on high school-based CPR/AED education programs. Canada grant guidelines will also include high school-based initiatives, as well as funding first responder and public access defibrillation efforts, to meet the different needs of each country.
Why Focus on High School Programs?
The primary rationale for funding high school programs lies in the long-term impact of creating a new generation of people who will understand the risk factors for SCA, will recognize SCA when it happens, and take immediate action to help save a life when it does. School-based training in emergency activation and CPR is an effective investment because these skills provide potential benefit throughout the community and not just at school. School training contributes to life long awareness, knowledge, and skills that can lead to more lives saved now, and in the future.
Youth suffer SCA less frequently than other age groups. Yet the dramatic consequences and productive life years lost for young SCA victims should play heavily in decisions to deploy AEDs on school grounds. Schools with strong Emergency Response Plans that include an early defibrillation component with trained responders strengthens the community with more saved lives at every age level in addition to increasing awareness about SCA, and what we can do as citizens to help save lives.
Recent studies have shown:
- A victim of SCA is twice as likely to survive with bystander CPR, yet layperson CPR is performed in only one out of four cases.
- Training secondary school teenagers to perform emergency life support was successful, particularly in their ability to deploy an AED and perform CPR.
- Only 15 US states mandate CPR training for high school students. Although many schools voluntarily teach CPR, the quality, consistency, and frequency of training is varied.
Guidelines:
U.S.
Canada
Japan
Grants List:
U.S. and Canada
What is SCA? SCA and the Crucial Role of the Bystander and CPR/AED Use
Research End Notes
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