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Causes: Health, Health Support
Mission: The eric paredes save a life foundation seeks to eliminate the tragic consequences of sudden cardiac arrest in youth. Through awareness, education, and action our mission is to influence families, educators, elected officials and the medical community to recognize the incidence of sca/d, the importance of preventative heart screenings, support equipping schools with automated external defibrillators (aed) and provide cpr/aed training.
Programs: The eric paredes save a life foundation is committed to eliminating the tragic consequences of sudden cardiac arrest in youth. In 2019, we will surpass 30,000 free youth screenings in san diego, spreading education, awareness and potentially life-saving intervention for 203 youth and counting. Add to that nearly 100 aeds placed in youth communities, protecting upwards of 75,000 hearts. We are committed to a strategy that will pursue standardized prevention of sca in youth in the pediatrician's office, on the field and in the classroom. Through legislative policy and a practice of education, screenings, aed placements and cpr/aed training we will impact san diego and the state of california with our thought leadership model.