Press Releases
Gone in a Heartbeat - Parent Heart Watch Launches Campaign for SCA Awareness Month
September 25, 2009 - GENEVA, OHIO - Concealed behind a healthy smile, attacking youth at play, taking them while they sleep, silent… until it’s too late. Undetected and unexpected, Sudden Cardiac Arrest is claiming our youth. Read more...
Parent Heart Watch Announces Departure of Executive Director
September 17, 2009 - ORLANDO, FL - Parent Heart Watch (PHW) announced today that Linette Derminer, Executive Director since 2005, will be leaving her position effective October 2009. Read more...
Young Girl Wins Life-Saving Device for Her School
September 15, 2009 - HARRISBURG, PA - Young Olivia Deja, 6 ½ years old, never thought that by completing her class reading assignment she would win a $2500 automated external defibrillator (AED) for her school. Read more...
Staying Alive!
May 29, 2009 - GENEVA, OHIO - A youth collapses at school… during a game… at camp. You hear small gasping, gurgly noises. Snorting, gurgling, moaning or labored breathing noises are often misinterpreted. Sometimes it looks like a seizure – but it’s not. It’s Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). Read more...
Sudden Cardiac Arrest at School; A Heartbeat Away
January 16, 2009 - ORLANDO, FL – One never knows when the sudden blow of a softball, lacrosse ball, or any kind of ball in the chest of a youth will stop a heart – but it can… and it does. One also never knows when a seemingly healthy child who is quietly sitting in class will suddenly collapse from an undetected heart condition – but they can… and they do. Read more...
Students Take Parent Heart Watch to Heart
January 15, 2009 - ORLANDO, FL – A special class of art students took on a very difficult project with a lot of heart. Middle and high school students in Mrs. Mary Ellen Murray’s art class at Foundation Academy honored young lives lost to Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). Read more...
Many Champions...One Mission...Thousands of Reasons
January 14, 2009 - ORLANDO, FL – Parent Heart Watch (PHW) will hold its fourth annual National Conference on January 16th -19th at the Marriott Orlando Airport in Orlando, Florida. Protecting youth from Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is what’s bringing together over 100 members and advocates from 25 states. Read more...
Disabilities and Death of Youth Caused by Sudden Cardiac Arrest are Mostly Preventable
October 30, 2008 - Sudden CardiacArrest (SCA) is the leading cause of death in the United States, claiming the lives of over 350,000 people each year. The incidence of SCA in youth is greatly underestimated as no national reporting system exists to track these devastating events. Read more...
Parent Heart Watch Urges Signing of Massachusetts AED Bill
January 4, 2007 - Geneva, OH - Parent Heart Watch, a state-by-state network of parents dedicated to reducing the often disastrous effects of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) in children, today sent a letter to Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney urging him to sign into law a bill requiring automatic external defibrillator (AED) devices in all health clubs in the commonwealth. The Massachusetts legislature has passed the bill but without the governor’s signature by January 4th it will die. Read more...
Parent Heart Watch Helps Facilitate South Miami Heart Center Donation of Defibrillators (AEDs) To Miami-Dade Public Schools
Miami, FL- Parent Heart Watch, a state-by-state network of parents dedicated to reducing the often disastrous effects of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) in children, today announced their involvement in helping the South Miami Heart Center donate Automated External Defibrillators to Miami-Dade County Public School System. Read more...
Parent Heart Watch Receives $150,000 Funding Grant
July 10, 2006 - Money will help establish AED programs and support education outreach
Baltimore, MD - Parent Heart Watch, a state-by-state network of parents dedicated to reducing the often disastrous effects of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) in children, received a $150,000 funding grant from the Medtronic Foundation. Issued through the Patient Link Program, the grant money will be used to support web development, Automatic External Defibrillation (AED) programs and outreach initiatives. Read more...