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Thank you for visiting our website, and getting to know a little about Robbie and our foundation that we started to honor him and his memory. Please let us know that you visited! Sign our guestbook, and let us know if you would like to be added to our mailing list or email list, and include your address if you'd like. We love hearing from people who knew Robbie, and those who would didn't but would like to help us remember him by joining us to help save other young lives.
| 2008-06-06 |
Liz |
I'm really sorry for your lost I have a 12 year old that loves playing sports & I couldn't imagine losing him. Thank you for fighting for our children & may god continue to give you the strength you need. |
| 2008-06-06 |
Mary Kamerer |
My husband, a surgeon, suffered a cardiac arrest while in the surgeon's lounge. He was diagnosed with ARVD--never detected before in this 50-year-old, heathy, exercising man. Now checking into genetic tests to see if our 17-yr-old son (football player) or 14-yr-old daughter (dancer) are at risk. A AED saved his life and he now has an internal pacemaker/defibrillator. I'm sorry for the loss of your son...I know what could have been. |
| 2008-06-06 |
Leslie |
Thank you for bringing this to the front line. My daughter is a competitive gymnast and I will make sure that we get one put in our gym, and encourage others to do the same. |
| 2008-06-06 |
Yolanda Burse |
I am so sorry on your lost. After reading your story I thought about a male friend that I have and he coaches baseball for boys it made me think real hard. I encourage you on your fight to have AED's along with anything else that needs to be on hand for our children who plays sports. Information is the KEY!!!! I do have sports health resources on hand for parents and coaches if you are interested please email me. |
| 2008-06-06 |
Jennifer Wiedel |
My son dropped dead during PT (physical training) while stationed at Ft. Campbell, KY in the US Army, at the age of 20. The US Military does NOT have AED's as standard equipment at any military bases. My son died as a direct result of not having access to AED's. It was a full 23 min. before the hospital tried to save him, but it was too late. A little known fact..Not all ambulances carry AED's or have paramedics trained to us them. |
| 2008-06-06 |
Erica Petrazzuolo |
My husband (boyfriend at the time) suffered multiple dizzy spells which went undetected at a cardiologist. Many terrifying fainting spells, 2 weeks in the CCU, and an internal diffibrillaotr later, he was diagnosed with ARVD, genetic heart disease that many people die form and do not get the multiple chances like he did. I am so glad that you are bringing this to the attention of all and I am so sorry for your loss. Because of the genetic nature of Andy's disease we will be sure to have an AED in our home. God bless you and your family. |
| 2008-06-06 |
Mike Carter |
I have 5 kids - i think I will buy a defibrillator for our house, since a lot of kids run around our front yard, and heart disease is rampant in the family, |
| 2008-06-06 |
Karen |
U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
www.osha.gov http://www.osha.gov/dts/tib/tib_data/tib20011217.html
Technical Information Bulletin
U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Cardiac Arrest and Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs)
Sixty-one million Americans have cardiovascular disease, resulting in approximately 1 million deaths per year. One-third of these deaths (300,000-400,000) are due to cardiac arrest, the sudden and unexpected loss of heart function. Survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are only 1 to 5 percent. Most often cardiac arrest is due to chaotic beating of the heart (ventricular fibrillation), which can be restored to a normal rhythm if treated early with electric shock (defibrillation). Treatment of witnessed ventricular fibrillation with immediate defibrillation can result in greater than 90 percent survival. With each minute of delay in defibrillation, nearly 10 percent fewer survive, so that at 10 minutes, survival is dismal. In June 1999, Chicago%u2019s O%u2019Hare and Midway Airports installed automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to respond in 1 minute to cardiac arrest. In the first 10 months, 14 cardiac arrests occurred, and 9 of the 14 victims (64 percent) survived. |
| 2008-06-06 |
Karen |
These quotes from news sources are addressed to all o the Mikeb's out there
Athletes' Sudden Cardiac Arrest Addressed
National Athletic Trainers Group: Better Planning For Coping By Schools Imperative
Comments 3
NEW YORK, April 5, 2007
MMVII, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.
(CBS) Once every three or four days in this country, a competitive young athlete suffers sudden cardiac arrest.
In as many 80 percent of those cases, there are absolutely no symptoms to warn that the cardiac arrest might occur.
Without urgent treatment, including Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation and the use of a defibrillator, applied within minutes of the heart stopping, death is certain.
And it works. More than 70percent of all sudden cardiac arrest victims are saved by defibrillators. |
| 2008-06-06 |
Liza |
Hi, I want to thank you for bringing out this awareness. I have 2 boys ages 4 and 5 and they willm most likely be very involved in sports (if this is what they wish ) However, I am definitely going to add this site to my "favorites" and send it around to all of my parent friends. Thank you for turning your loss into a posotive. Robbie is watching you with pride! I will also go home tonight and and give my boys an extra big hug. You truly never know what tomorrow will bring you.
Thank you, liza |
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