I was killed on March 25, 2000 while playing lacrosse for Northport High School by a syndrome known as Commotio Cordis.
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My family and friends have created this foundation to protect your loved ones. Please help them in their mission to end sudden cardiac death in young athletes.
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North Carolina High School Player is Latest Save!!
Alex Beuris, a senior lacrosse player at Cardinal Gibbons, suffered a heart-stopping injury on Saturday morning, and if it weren't for the quick action and a machine called an Automated External Defibrillator, he might not be alive today. »more

NBC News Report About AEDs
Watch a recent NBC News Report about the importance of AEDs
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Congress Pushes For Defibrillators in Schools
Nobody knows today how many people collapse inside schools or at school sporting events from cardiac arrest, but cities and states have begun counting the numbers of lives saved by defibrillators in schools. »more

Sutton Leads National Effort to Place Life-Saving AEDs in America's Schools
Congresswoman Betty Sutton held a press conference to build support for H.R. 4926, the Josh Miller HEARTS Act. This legislation will establish a federal grant program to ensure every elementary and secondary school in the United States can obtain lifesaving automated external defibrillators (AEDs).
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»Click here to write your Congressman to support this legislation


THE LATEST SAVES
Links to the latest lives saved by AEDs
» Fletcher High School (FLA) Goalie Saved with AED
» A Minnesota referee owes his life to a quick-thinking 16-year-old


Get this FREE kit today!
The Louis J. Acompora Foundation has developed the "AED in the School" kit, which details from "A to Z", the necessary steps to implement a public access defibrillation program.
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Free Heartsaver AED Training
Friday, May 30, 2008 • The DeMatteis Center for Cardiac Research and Education, Old Brookville, NY • 6:00pm - 10:00pm
For additional information or to register, please call Saint Francis Hospital ECC/CPR Department at 516-629-2128 or 516-629-2036



The ONE IN SPIRIT BAND can now be ordered through the mail!
Help us help you! The Louis J Acompora Memorial Foundation has one purpose ... to keep our children out of harms way. Now you can help and show you support the cause.

Click the link below to get a printable order form and order your ONE IN SPIRIT BANDS today! Available in both ADULT and YOUTH sizes, these bracelets will help get more AEDs and training to the people and children that need it. »order now



LA12 Links
Board of Trustees
AED Manufacturers
Memorial Scholarship Award
How to Contact Us
Other Links
The U.S. National Registry for Sudden Death in Atheletes
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation
American Heart Association
MomsTeam.com
Parent Heart Watch
Health Training/Consulting
K.E.N.
Kids Endangered Now
Hear Foundation

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