With a mission to raise awareness and support programs that give ordinary people the power to save lives, the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation focuses on stimulating attitudinal and behavioral changes through community outreach, education and research.

 

In this episode, Sean Graham interviews Mary Newman, cofounder and president/CEO of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation. Previously, she served as executive director of the National Center for Early Defibrillation at the University of Pittsburgh and as faculty in its department of emergency medicine.  

 

Mary shares insights into the foundation’s groundbreaking research and how clinicians including physicians, nurses and paramedics can become more involved in supporting their mission to save lives.