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	<title>Take Heart America</title>
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	<description>Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survival Initiative</description>
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		<title>Survivor Network Begins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cardiac arrest survivors from the Austin and Travis County area are invited to attend the first Survivor Network meeting on June 30, 2011.  The meeting will be held at the Office of the Medical Director, 517 South Pleasant Valley Road, Austin, TX 78741 in classroom A.  We will begin at 6:00 pm and adjourn at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://takeheartamerica.org/survivor-network-begins/</link>
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		<title>Presentations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click Here to see the CPR Training Program presentation by Dr. Hinchey Take 10 CPR 2.23.11 
Click Here to see the Pit Crew Model of CPR presentation by Dr. Hinchey Pit Crew Model of CPR 2.23.1
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		<title>Take 10 Minutes to Learn Adult CPR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[YOU can make a DIFFERENCE.  TAKE 10 is a 10 minute training session that teaches compression only CPR.  We know that high quality, uninterrupted chest compressions initiated as soon as possible after an adult has cardiac arrest (their heart stops pumping)  make a difference in survival.  TAKE 10 is a community-focused effort to improve bystander CPR [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://takeheartamerica.org/take-10-minutes-to-learn-adult-cpr/</link>
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		<title>2010 Regional Resuscitation Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Take Heart Austin is pleased to host the 2010 Regional Resuscitation Conference planned for October 29, 2010.  The conference will bring national experts in the field of cardiac arrest resuscitation together to present current evidence and best practices for Post Resuscitation Care.  Registration is limited to 275 participants.

 
October 29, 2010
7:45 am &#8211; 4:45 pm
AT&#38;T [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://takeheartamerica.org/2010-regional-resuscitation-conference/</link>
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		<title>Take 10 CPR teams with Young Athlete Heart Screening</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, July 31, 2010, the Heart Hospital of Austin sponsored another successful day of screening young athletes for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.  This heart condition affects 1 in 500 student athletes each year.  This free event is sponsored by the Heart Hospital of Austin in coordination with Austin Heart and the Championship Hearts Foundation.  The screening [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://takeheartamerica.org/heart-hospital-of-austin-screens-young-athletes/</link>
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		<title>CPR backer has hand in training Anoka County</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Paul Levy, Star Tribune, June 2, 2009
Can one woman single-handedly save Anoka County?
Rather than try, Peggy McNabb has recruited 1,200 helpers.
McNabb, an Anoka County Human Services administrator, is responsible for the distribution of 1,200 CPR kits to Anoka County employees and their families and associates, said Jerry Soma, manager of the county&#8217;s Human Services [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://takeheartamerica.org/cpr-backer-has-hand-in-training-anoka-county/</link>
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		<title>It’s time for a new approach to saving lives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each year, an estimated 300,000 Americans die from sudden cardiac arrest &#8211; more than car crashes, firearms, house fires, AIDS, and breast, prostate and colorectal cancer combined. What’s more, this top killer can strike anyone, at any age, even without warning.
Take Heart America brings doctors, nurses, paramedics, community leaders and people like you together in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://takeheartamerica.org/new-approach/</link>
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		<title>Take Heart Anoka: Saving lives in our communities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grant applications are due December 10th.
Through a grant funded by Mercy &#38; Unity Hospitals Foundation, Take Heart Anoka offers two programs available to anyone living in the Mercy or Unity service areas: the CPR Anytime package and the AED package.
Employees are encouraged to apply on behalf of community organizations, churches or service clubs, or share [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://takeheartamerica.org/take-heart-anoka-saving-lives-in-our-communities/</link>
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		<title>Lucky to be Alive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[from The Annandale Advocate, by Chuck Sterling
Tim Hinz of South Haven probably couldn&#8217;t have picked a better place for his heart to stop pumping.
The 37-year-old family man went into sudden cardiac arrest in the Buffalo Clinic parking lot, which is attached to Buffalo Hospital, on Tuesday, Jan. 13, while helping a friend start a stalled [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://takeheartamerica.org/lucky-to-be-alive/</link>
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		<title>Minnesota Boosts Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Americans who suffer sudden cardiac arrest outside the hospital have a dismal survival rate of 1% to 3%. But Minnesota residents might have a better chance  of surviving SCA.
The North Star State is on the cutting edge of the quest to boost survival rates with cardiac arrest centers, cooling devices, and community CPR initiatives.
Specialized facilities [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://takeheartamerica.org/minnesota-boosts-sudden-cardiac-arrest-survival/</link>
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