SADS Foundation :: Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes Foundation

Each year over 250,000 people will die from sudden cardiac arrest. Last year the United States Congress took action and declared October Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month and SADS couldn't be happier about it! This month of awareness about SCA will complement our own SADS Safe Schools Month , aimed at increasing public awareness of the warning signs of SADS and promoting SADS Safe Schools. Over the past year we have worked closely with the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Coalition and reached out to you to encourage you to contact your representatives and ask for support of the resolution—and they came through! We can not thank you enough for your efforts.

Now we have to get to work to make SCA Awareness month a success. Help promote SADS and SCA Awareness by ordering our new gold pin and/or sticker decals** . They're great conversation starters!

To learn more about SCA Awareness and meet the coalition member agency, please visit  Sudden Cardiac Arrest Coalition .

**UPDATE** Our stickers and pin are now available online! Visit our store to check them out.

A few facts about Sudden Cardiac Arrest and why we need to spread the word about it: As you know, Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is one of the nation’s leading killers, yet it is still not well understood by doctors, researchers or recognized by the general public. Most incidents of SCA occur without any warning signs.  Most victims of SCA - 95% - die because they are not able to receive a life-saving shock from an AED within 4-6 minutes after the incident. In fact, for those who can be identified to be at risk for a SCA, an ICD is 98% effective at preventing a deadly arrest. 

Volunteers from the SADS Foundation have already requested hundreds of pieces of material to distribute to their local schools and community meeting places and even their own families. Joining with the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Coalition, SADS will expand our Awareness Month efforts throughout October in the hope that knowledge of these potentially deadly arrhythmias will be increased.

We'd like you to participate in National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month along with us and we are excited to make SCA Awareness Month a true success and save more young lives!