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Taking Prevention to Heart

Protecting Youth From Sudden Cardiac Arrest Through Awareness, Education and Action

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Eric A. Paredes • May 3, 1994–July 23, 2009

In July 2009, Eric was packing to go on a family vacation. His mother left the house for an appointment and his father came home for lunch 20 minutes later. He found Eric collapsed on the kitchen floor and started CPR, but it was too late. Eric’s life was lost to an undetected heart condition. He was a healthy, happy, outgoing, energetic young man who loved life, his family and his friends. He was passionate about making changes so that the world could be a better place. He wanted to be a police officer. Through youth heart screenings, placing AEDs, demonstrating CPR, implementing cardiac emergency response plans and advocating for new laws and better prevention protocol, we honor Eric’s legacy to protect young hearts.

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  • “I am certain had we not been informed through EP Save A Life, we would’ve never know about my heart defect.”

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    Sarina
  • “I was shocked and scared that I had a heart abnormality, but within a week after my surgical procedure, I was back on the basketball court with no restrictions. The diagnosis has changed my life because I can be as active as I want to be, without fear of discomfort or worse.”

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    Jacob
  • “The screening was on my birthday and I didn’t want to go! As it turned out, it likely saved my life and I am forever grateful.”

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    Ryan
  • My son was screened through the foundation and thankfully all was well. I’ll always be in debt to your family since I couldn’t afford it at the time and my son was going through a rough patch with his health. Getting to know his heart is healthy was one of the best moments in my life.

    Lucy
  • Through your recent screening, we discovered a possibly life-threatening connective tissue disorder in my daughter. We NEVER would have discovered this risk if it wasn’t for your selflessness.

    Kathy
  • Found out my son has a bicuspid aortic valve. His heart has to work harder than the average heart, so as he gets older, he may have to have treatment. Without this program, we would have never known.

    Andrea
  • I wasn’t able to make the screening yesterday, so had all three of our kids get EKGs at Rady Children’s Hospital. Thankfully, I took your advice to screen because our 11-year-old’s EKG was abnormal.

    Trilby
  • My son had consecutive fainting episodes at home and after a hospital EKG we were assured he was fine. When we attended your youth heart screening, and after noting the fainting episodes on the cardiac risk assessment, he got both an EKG and an echo, the latter revealing PFO. We don’t have his complete genetic history so we cannot thank you enough for this screening.

    Tony
  • I cannot thank you enough for the opportunity to present Certificates of Recognition at your screening. If it was not for meeting you, I would not have been screened and found my heart abnormality. I mean it when I say you guys saved my life.

    Mackenzie
  • Your screening identified WPW in our daughter’s heart, which was confirmed at Children’s Hospital. Words cannot express how much we appreciate the opportunity to detect and treat Sara’s heart condition BEFORE anything happened to her. We had no idea there was anything wrong with her heart.

    Michelle
  • You discovered that my son has a congenital heart defect that has never been previously detected by his doctor during any physical exam. Wyatt has played many sports without ever showing any symptoms. Only by having this ECG done are we able to have this invaluable information about my son’s heart health.

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    Carrie

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