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6th Annual National Conference
January 14-16, 2011
Registration Now Open!
 This year's annual conference in San Diego will feature concurrent sessions for parents, young survivors, and survivor parents. Sessions will include The State of Emergency Medicine and SCA in Youth, presented by Dr. Benjamin Abella, University of Pennsylvania; Managing the Maze of Genetic Testing by Dr. Anjan Batra, University of California, Children's Hospital of Orange County; and Guidelines for Postmortem Genetic Testing/DNA Banking: Focus on Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young, with Heather MacLeod, Cardiac Genetic Counselor, and much more!
New this year, non-member one day conference registration is available for $150 and full conference cost is $400. To register and view complete Conference information, including Tentative Agenda, click here. |
Conference Mini-Grants Available
Deadline for Application This Friday!
At least 10 mini-grants are available for the 2011 Annual National Conference. You must be a first-time PHW Conference attendee and a current member. The mini-grants, which have been made available by the Medtronic Foundation, will be awarded based on financial need. The deadline for submission is this Friday, September 24. View Guidelines and access Application here. |
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Back to School: Time to Check AEDs
 School is back in session and sports leagues are in full swing, making this a great time to check how well-prepared your child's school, sports league and venue are when it comes to responding to a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).
First and foremost, find out if the facilities are equipped with an automated external defibrillator (AED), CPR & AED trained personnel and/or volunteers and an Emergency Action Plan.
- Publicly accessible.
- Operational with a) working battery, and b) adult & pediatric electrodes.
- Properly identified with a three dimensional AED sign that can be viewed from every angle, if mounted on the wall.
At sporting events and practices, an AED should be on the sidelines in its original carrying case or a properly labeled backpack. |
PHW Member Necole Tompkins hosted The Zach Thompson Memorial Run on August 27th at Alvire High School in New Hampshire....SCA Survivor Claire Dunlap and her mother Patti attended the Frankie Foundation Golf Tournament in Pompano Beach which raised over $60,000....Darren Sudman, who founded Simon's Fund, was featured on NBC-TV Philadelphia talking about the importance of screenings. PHW Member Melinda Murray and The Dominic Murray #21 Memorial Foundation held a Family Fun Day and Fundraiser on August 14 to purchase AEDs for schools and athletic facilities....
Friends of Eric Paredes gather following recent cardiac screening | Hector and Rhina Paredes of the Eric Paredes Save A Life Foundation recently conducted cardiac screenings at Steele Canyon High School in California in memory of their 15 year-old son Eric.... Kelly and Scott Driscoll recently launched it's Young Champions program for The Quinn Driscoll Foundation and hosted their first cardiac screening on August 7th in Vancouver, WA.... Sue Apodaca and Darla Varrenti of the Nick of Time Foundation are doing great things in Seattle, working closely with the Seattle Seahawks on The Heart of Seattle Schools project, whose goal is the equip all schools in with AEDs, including training and emergency response training.... Linette Derminer hosted the North Coast Run for Hearts this past Sunday in Ohio...
Upcoming Events...
Monique Bradley is hosting the Darius Jones Foundation First Annual 5K Run/Walk to prevent SCA through Awareness and Education on October 9...
Tell us what you are doing, please e-mail info@parentheartwatch.org.
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CARE Medical Bracelets With Memory Storage
Now Available Special to PHW Members
Take advantage of the special discounted price for a CARE Medical History Bracelet  or Keychain. These wristbands/keychains are able to store your medical and emergency contact information with the preloaded CARE e-Manager Software. It works as an electronic memory device which allows patients or caregivers to carry all of their medical information in the form of a USB flash memory device. Plus $8.00 of each sale will be donated back to PHW. To learn more, click here. |
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