Thank You!
The Survive & Thrive planning committee would like to thank everyone who participanted and supported the 2012 Survive & Thrive Conference.
We are hard at work planning next year's event (October 16-18, 2013) and look forward to seeing you all.
If you are interested in keeping up with our progress and hearing about related efforts, join our Facebook group. The community is growing and we would love for you to be a part of it.
A Conference and Arts Festival
for Heart Health and Medical Technologies
The 2013 Survive & Thrive Conference is scheduled for October 16-18, 2013
The Survive & Thrive Conference and Festival is a combination of:
- Emergency Medical Services
- Medical and wellness conference with research and best practices updates
- Medical Humanities and restorative therapies such as Narrative Medicine
The academic, scientific, and artistic are all needed to understand the heart and healing in general. Thus, the conference is dedicated to blending and integrating the scientific and aesthetic experiences. The conference and festival will feature many events that demonstrate this integration. A play, concerts, poetry readings, and art displays will be featured along with scientific demonstrations, CPR instruction, and best practices of EMS.
The primary focus of the event is on the survivors, caregivers, families, and those who were lost to Sudden Cardiac Arrest and their families. Between 300 and 350 thousand people die of SCA every year in the United States. Yet, it is rare that an event focus on awareness of SCA and the actions we can take to increase the odds of survival and enable the survivors to thrive. Accordingly, the program includes academic presentations for Medical, Art, Music, Writing, Theater, Film, and workshops in Medical Humanities, CPR, and EMS.
We are dedicated to improving the odds of survival and of living well through education about Sudden Cardiac Arrest. We are committed to engendering and facilitating restorative therapies for the sick and injured, their caretakers, families, and medical professionals. Welcome to all who are dedicated to saving lives and the aesthetic experience in healing.
