We would like to take a moment to thank each of the golfers, sponsors, volunteers, and attendees who helped make the first-annual Matthew Mangine Jr. Foundation Golf Outing at Triple Crown Country Club on June 14, 2021 a success!
Local 12 covered a recent event from The Matthew Mangine Jr. Foundation in which 17 NovaCare athletic trainers received training on CPR and AED response.
Local 12 shares this story about the quick action by an athletic trainer and the use of an automated external defibrillator that helped save the life of a basketball player in Little Rock, Ark.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is a life-threatening emergency that occurs when the heart suddenly stops beating. It strikes people of all ages who may seem to be healthy, even children and teens.
A Cardiac Emergency Response Plan (CERP) can increase sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) survival rates by 50 percent or more by enabling a trained lay-responder team to take action. The safety of students, school staff and visitors can be enhanced with a coordinated, practiced response plan where
A sudden cardiac arrest in school or at a school event is potentially devastating to families and communities. An appropriate response to such an event—as promoted by developing, implementing, and practicing a cardiac emergency response plan (CERP)—can increase survival rates.
Approximately 300 000 people suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in the United States annually. Survival rates from OHCA vary widely among locations but have been extremely low in most environments.
