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 The mission of the Revive and Survive program is to save lives by deploying automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to non-profit organizations throughout Tippecanoe, Benton, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Warren and White counties.
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a frequently misunderstood worldwide killer. It can affect anyone, anywhere, anytime. SCA occurs more than 600 times every day in the U.S. alone, killing at least 250,000 people each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In fact, more people die each year from SCA than the number who die from colorectal cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, auto accidents, AIDS, firearms, and house fires combined.
Yet few people are familiar with sudden cardiac arrest. The graph below shows the staggering number of annual SCA deaths compared with other common causes of death. Many of these deaths would have been prevented with a readily accessible AED.
Revive & Survive wants to give everyone struck down by sudden cardiac arrest another chance at life by deploying life-saving AEDs to key locations where people live, work and play. This enables the first person on the scene, even someone with minimal training, to give a life-saving shock before paramedics arrive to deliver advanced emergency care.
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