Save Hearts in Arizona Registry & Education – AZ Dept. of Health Services Director's Blog

Learning hands-only CPR can help you save someone who suffers sudden cardiac arrest

By Rachel Garcia|2023-01-17T10:39:29-07:00January 17th, 2023|Preparedness|

Americans were stunned when Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed during a Monday Night Football game with sudden cardiac arrest. The actions taken to save his life illustrate the value of rapid treatment with high quality CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator, or AED. Thankfully, Hamlin has been released from the hospital [...]

Celebrating a Link in the Chain of Survival

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:53-07:00November 2nd, 2012|Preparedness|

Every day 15 Arizonans suffer from a cardiac arrest (their heart stops). That’s 15 yesterday, today and tomorrow- adding up to more than 5,000 people in Arizona per year… which is more the 5 times the number of folks that die in car crashes. Saving lives after a cardiac arrest requires several links in the [...]