Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivor Gives the Gift of Life to Club for Seniors

NEWTOWN, Pa. - Jan. 15, 2015 - PRLog -- After nearly losing his life during a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) event, 68-year-old Roger Parise of Petit Rocher, New Brunswick has donated a HeartSine® samaritan® PAD 350P defibrillator, the same device that saved his life in November of 2014, to a club for seniors in his community.

Parise’s SCA event took place during a game of pickleball at the Pavilion Gymnasium in Bathurst, New Brunswick, when he suddenly collapsed just moments after his heart began beating irregularly. Retired nurses Claire Johnstone and Cecile Cormier immediately began CPR on him while Lorne Guidrey retrieved the HeartSine automated external defibrillator (AED) in the City Hall building next door. Using the AED, Guidrey then administered two shocks to Parise’s heart, bringing him back to life.

Through HeartSine’s Forward Hearts program, Parise is donating a HeartSine samaritan public access defibrillator to the Club D’age D’or in Petit Rocher, an organization that promotes the well-being and defense of rights for those 50 and over. The defibrillator is courtesy of HeartSine and Rescue 7, an exclusive Canadian distributor of HeartSine products which installed the samaritan defibrillator that saved Parise’s life.

HeartSine’s Forward Hearts program lets survivors of an SCA event, in which a HeartSine defibrillator has been used, to potentially save another life by donating a HeartSine samaritan PAD to the organization of the survivor’s choice. The donation of a HeartSine defibrillator through the Forward Hearts program extends this lifesaving technology to even more people, offering many a better chance of survival in the case of sudden cardiac arrest.

Parise says he is recovering well and is deeply thankful to his rescuers and the HeartSine defibrillator for saving his life. He is enjoying life to the fullest and feels that every day is a gift.

About SCA

Sudden Cardiac Arrest happens to people of all ages, including children. It is a condition in which the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating, causing blood to stop flowing to the brain and other vital organs.  SCA usually causes death if it's not treated within minutes.  CPR alone will not restart the heart, so the American Heart Association and ERC recommend CPR combined with early defibrillation (within three to five minutes) for the best outcome.

SCA claims more than seven million lives annually.  It occurs abruptly and without warning, with 84 percent of SCA events occurring outside of the healthcare setting.

About HeartSine Technologies

HeartSine Technologies, a world leader in personal and public access defibrillators, advances the deployment of life-saving defibrillation therapy for the treatment of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in non-traditional areas of care.

Designed for use in public areas, the company’s entire line of Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) products leverages its proprietary, clinically advanced SCOPE technology to optimize the administration of life-saving treatment.

The company’s flagship product line, the HeartSine samaritan PAD (Public Access Defibrillator), is IP56 rated for durability and exceptional reliability to meet the unique environmental demands of public use. Its industry-leading warranty and innovative battery/electrode Pad-Pak combine to give the samaritan PAD defibrillators the lowest total cost of ownership. HeartSine is active in over 70 countries worldwide in a wide range of environments, including commercial aircraft, military and shipping facilities, manufacturing plants, offices, schools and sports clubs.

HeartSine is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and Newtown, Pennsylvania. To learn how a HeartSine AED can save lives, please visit www.heartsine.com and follow HeartSine on Facebook and Twitter.