{"id":43230,"date":"2025-11-25T11:33:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/11\/25\/surviving-sudden-cardiac-arrest-connor-shaws-story\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T11:33:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:33:50","slug":"surviving-sudden-cardiac-arrest-connor-shaws-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/11\/25\/surviving-sudden-cardiac-arrest-connor-shaws-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Surviving Sudden Cardiac Arrest: Connor Shaw\u2019s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2AH29T8j_JQ?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>In this gripping episode of The Wellness Files, host Kari Beal sits down with Connor Shaw, a former NFL quarterback and USC Gamecocks star, who suddenly collapsed at his son\u2019s football game. We hear from the first responder, Caleb Carter, who performed five minutes of life-saving CPR, and Dr. Jonathan Kim of Emory Healthcare, who is helping diagnose the cause of sudden cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n<p>[1:10] Collapse \u2014 Connor Shaw recounts collapsing while coaching his son\u2019s flag football game: sudden cardiac arrest struck without warning.<br \/>\n[02:44] Immediate response \u2014 Caleb Carter (Simpsonville Fire Department training officer) and bystander Zach recognized deterioration; Caleb began high-quality CPR for ~5 minutes before EMS\/AED arrival.<br \/>\n[05:07] AED intervention \u2014 An AED delivered multiple shocks (third shock restored normal rhythm). Why AEDs matter: they treat shockable rhythms (ventricular fibrillation\/tachycardia) and are voice-guided for anyone to use.<br \/>\n[08:39] Recovery &#038; device \u2014 Connor received a Medtronic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) for protection; he describes emotional impact on his family and post-event PTSD.<\/p>\n<p>[17:52] Hrthudle \u2014 Connor launches this initiative to fund and place AEDs, run CPR training, and equip schools, rec fields, police cars, and underserved areas.<br \/>\nhrthudl.org<br \/>\n[25:28] Expert insights \u2014 Dr. Jonathan Kim (Emory Healthcare) explains causes: young athletes\u2014often genetic or myocarditis; older athletes\u2014commonly coronary artery disease. Screening: history\/physical is essential; universal ECG screening is controversial due to false positives and overtesting.<br \/>\n[51:30] Exercise guidance \u2014 &#8220;Exercise is medicine&#8221;: high-intensity training is okay for healthy athletes; symptomatic or at-risk individuals should seek tailored evaluation (exercise testing, shared decision-making).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this gripping episode of The Wellness Files, host Kari Beal sits down with Connor Shaw, a former<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":43231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}