LANSING (WKZO) — Gov. Snyder has proclaimed this week as Sudden Cardiac Death of the Young (SCDY) Awareness Week.
Who will ever forget the story of Wes Leonard, the Fennville basketball player who scored the winning points and then died on the court.
Kalamazoo Cardiologist Robert LaPenna says that about 300 adults under 40 die annually from unexpected and undiagnosed heart problems.
When that happens, it’s critical that CPR be administered and an AED used if available, until the victims can be gotten to a cardiac care unit.
He says there are drugs, surgeries, and even machines that can be used to fix the heart if the brain and the body can be kept alive.