Why are you so passionate about SADS?

My father had Wolff-Parkinson-White, and would go into atrial fibrillation, faint, and do all sorts of bad things like that. His cardiologist told him he may die of a sudden arrhythmic death. He had an ablation fairly early in the days of catheter ablation and was cured. I thought, "well if I can do this for kids what Dr. Sonny Jackman did for my dad, that would really be something!"

As a pediatric heart rhythm specialist, I have seen children survive a sudden cardiac arrest, but in order for that to occur, everything must fall into place, beginning with the first responder, all the way to the heart rhythm specialist, and beyond to provide support for the surviving patient and/or family. The SADS Foundation is an organization that has worked, and will continue to work toward that common goal: to support research on the SADS conditions, to suuport the patients and their families, and to build a national infrastructure that includes CPR training of all parents, teachers and coaches, widespread deployment of AED's, with markedly improved public awareness.

 

Climb to Conquer SADS 2011

This year is a special year-- it will be our 5th year of Climb to Conquer SADS!! We are again pairing up families with climbers - and have found new partners all across the world.  As many of you know, I was injured in the climb in 2008, and since then I have been putting all of my energies into supporting those climbers who have taken up the torch. Please consider any donation to sponsor me as a donation to help those other awesome climbers reach their fundraising goals.  

Thank you for visiting my fundraising page. Please dig deep and donate to the team online. Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to donate! Many thanks for your support. CLIMB ON!!

Thank you for joining our campaign to save lives by raising money to continue patient family support and SADS education programs. Several thousand young people die unnecessarily each year from SADS (Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes) in the United States, and education is the answer.

Funds raised through the Climb to Conquer SADS will:

 

• Provide Family Support to assist patients and their families in making informed medical decisions and living with the challenges of these conditions
• Increase General Awareness of Warning Signs to recognize and prevent heart rhythm abnormalities
• Educate Health Care Professionals in early diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm abnormalities
• Be Advocates to increase arrhythmia research and improve the quality of life for patients and their families.

Please see the link below for more information about Climb and the SADS Foundation. Climb and the SADS Foundation Information