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Hollister teen has heart attack in school, jolted back to life with AED

November 2, 2016 / connectedbyhearts / News
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“He’s like the most healthy active kid we know. Never in a million years would we have though Zach’s heart isn’t working right,” says Heather Smith, Zach’s mother. Last tuesday, Zach was doing pull-ups for the marine recruiter when something went wrong, really wrong. Read more…

2 comments on “Hollister teen has heart attack in school, jolted back to life with AED”

  1. Norm Okersyrom says:
    November 2, 2016 at 9:48 pm

    Zach, I’m happy for the quick response and your “save”. I hope to meet you at the PHW Heart to Heart conference this January in Tucson. Oue son Ted will be attending and we hope more survivors and their family will attend.

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  2. Mike Papale says:
    November 3, 2016 at 2:35 am

    Zach
    You have a great story and I am happy to hear there was an AED on site and the people around you knew how to react! An AED saved my life when I was 17 years old and I have an ICD implanted as well. I am glad to hear you are doing well now!

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