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Gregg Lowe was a healthy 28-year-old when he finished Toronto’s Scotiabank Marathon in 2016 and suddenly collapsed. “I had cardiac arrest,” Lowe says. Now 32 and working as an actor, Lowe is thankful Toronto paramedics saw it happen and got to him right away. “I needed the use of an external defibrillator, which basically saved my life — it brought me back.”...

C-SCAN meeting at CanROC Assembly April 29-30 in Toronto, ON. Time and date TBD. Check back later for more details!

CARE members held an education session at Queen’s Park Legislature on Dec 7th 2019 to raise awareness about sudden cardiac arrest and how important it is to educate our children on how to save a life. Over 30 MPPs and multiple staffers attended the event, with speeches given by PC MPP Nina Tangri, NDP education health critic MPP France Gélinas, interim Liberal leader MPP John Fraser...

CARE is proud to support provincial MPPs France Gelinas, Robin Martin and John Fraser with the introduction of bills 140, 141, and 158 that all aim to create a mandatory provincial registry of all AEDs in Ontario.  

C-SCAN presented national OHCA data at the annual Canadian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC) in Montreal, QC from Oct 24-27. Dr. Nigel Tan presented a poster on the long-term arrhythmic risk after revascularization in OHCA patients with ischemic heart disease.

C-SCAN is holding a planning meeting at CanROC Assembly 2019. We will be showcasing some of the research data we have collected so far to illustrate the possibilities of joining our network. We hope to see you there!