We’re proud to announce that we have now been chosen as award winners on the American Coronary heart Affiliation – Resuscitation Science Symposium 2023.
What did we win?
Now we have received the Ian G. Jacobs Award for Worldwide Group Collaboration to Advance Resuscitation, established in 2010 to recognise worldwide collaboration amongst people over an prolonged interval. This has resulted in important contributions to elementary or medical science associated to cardiac arrest or traumatic damage.
It’s a improbable honour to win this, as earlier winners have all come from the medical institution, and we’re only a group of survivors and co-survivors! Now we have come a good distance since that first meet-up in a pub; we are actually a formidable pressure for change!
“Survivorship has rising significance in resuscitation science and this group has developed vital infrastructure to help survivors and households that serves as a job mannequin for world efforts in direction of improved high quality of life after cardiac arrest.”
RESS23
The award was accepted by Sudden Cardiac Arrest UK trustees Dr Thomas Keeble and Gareth Cole, adopted by a brief presentation.
After our first meet-up in February 2015, I realised I used to be not alone. It was the primary time since my cardiac arrest the earlier yr that I had spoken face-to-face with somebody who had skilled what I had. This was additionally true for my spouse, who additionally occurred to be my lifesaver. From that meet-up, the thought of SCA UK was born. Since then, we have now achieved a substantial quantity, primarily offering data, sources and help to others in the same state of affairs but in addition elevating the profile of survivorship and the necessity for higher post-discharge care. We’re beginning to get traction on this, and with the formation of the charity, I genuinely consider we have now a vibrant future forward and can make a big distinction within the lives of many who be part of our ranks.