December 2013 marked an effort by New Jersey U.S. representative, Frank Pallone Jr. to begin a campaign that would seek to bring SCA awareness to how prevalent sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) can be in children and to distribute information that can help parents, children and even bystanders with responding correctly during that time of need.
Pallone's tour to schools, health professionals and more is called the Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Risk Assessment and Training in the Schools (HEART) Act, which was introduced in early 2013.
Admirably enough, Pallone Jr. isn’t standing alone. He was joined by Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan and Lisa Yue, a founding director of the Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation which also seeks to raise awareness of pediatric cardiomyopathy.
According to their calculations, SCA is the leading cause of death on their school properties, and after the deaths of two young students, he decided it was time to take a stand.
So being prepared and educated isn’t something that only we harp on here, it’s something that many across the globe are striving for now. What do you know more about SCA than you did a year ago? Are you prepared for its unforeseen consequences?
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