Can you be more involved?

Often times, readers of Living for Zachary and other blogs that discuss Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) and other heart related illnesses often ask how they can get involved. A student at the University of Texas at Austin, Thomas Riley, decided that he could get involved and raise SCA awareness on his campus.

Since April, Thomas and his executive team have created and helped fund an organization called Longhorn Student Cardiac Association. Their purpose statement is to "promote cardiac health awareness on the University of Texas at Austin campus and throughout the Austin,TX community".
Initiative taken by multiple students on a college campus in Austin can be instrumental in helping the general community become more aware of the symptoms and consequences of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and other heart-related illnesses, as well as introduce a call to action.

If students can understand the urgency behind heart screening as well as how to respond in emergency situations, the lives of our family, friends and strangers can be spared.  How can you get involved?