Additional Resources Related to Preventing SCDY:
- To learn more about sudden cardiac arrest, the importance of cardiac emergency preparedness, organizing your cardiac emergency response team, conducting a drill, and how to become a MI HEARTSafe school, view the 2026 MI HEARTSafe School Virtual Workshop.
- Michigan’s Good Samaritan Act
Michigan has a Good Samaritan Act which protects volunteers who render aid or assistance to someone who has suffered a sudden cardiac arrest or other cardiac emergency. This includes someone who volunteers to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or uses an automated external defibrillator (AED) in an attempt to save a life. - Michigan Department of Education
- Michigan School Health Regions
- Michigan High School Coaches Association
- Michigan Association of School Nurses
- MDHHS Cardiovascular Health, Nutrition and Physical Activity
- HeartSafe Home
- Project ADAM Michigan of C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
- Project ADAM National
- The Kimberly Anne Gillary Foundation
- Thomas Smith Memorial Foundation
- The KAYLA Foundation
- Wes Leonard Heart Team
- Live Like Max
- Cardiac awareness for Michigan’s student athletes – Mark Uyl radio interview, April 28, 2022
- April 2019 is Michigan Student Athlete Cardiac Awareness Month
- “Importance of Pre-participation Physical Exam” by Terry Ziegler
