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Cardiac Arrest Survivor ⚡️
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy🫀
Founder: @inaheartbeatfoundation 💙
Podcast: @abigheartpodcast 🎙️
Speaker 🗣 | Coach 🏀

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❤️ PROTECT THE NEXT HEARTBEAT ❤️

Sudden cardiac arrest can happen without warning—even to young people who look and feel completely healthy.

In this video, Artie DiRocco with In A HeartBeat shares an important message about why awareness and cardiac screening matter. A simple EKG can help identify potential heart abnormalities before tragedy strikes.

That’s exactly why we continue this mission in Eli’s name.

🏈 3rd Annual EKGs for Eli
📅 October 27, 2026
📍 Windsor High School
❤️ FREE EKG screenings for ages 8–25
💪 CPR training available
📲 Registration is NOW OPEN

We can’t predict every cardiac emergency—but we can educate, screen, prepare, and do everything possible to protect our kids and our communities.

Take a few minutes. Get screened. Know your heart.
Because the next heartbeat is worth protecting.

👉 Sign up for your FREE EKG today:
https://screening.inaheartbeat.org/

TOGETHER, WE CAN PROTECT THE NEXT HEARTBEAT. ❤️

#Always65 #EKGsForEli #ProtectTheNextHeartbeat #InAHeartBeat #SuddenCardiacArrest

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$25 = one FREE EKG for a young person in need. ❤️
About 1 in 300 young people has a hidden heart condition. Most look perfectly healthy — until their heart stops.

One quick, painless EKG can detect most of these conditions before a cardiac arrest ever happens.

That’s the first promise of Every Heartbeat Counts: find it before it strikes.

Give a free EKG this October. Link in bio. 💙

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October is Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month, and we’re launching Every Heartbeat Counts, our campaign to protect young hearts. ❤️

Sudden cardiac arrest is the #1 killer of student athletes. But it doesn’t have to be.

🔎 Find it before it strikes: 1 in 300 young people has a heart condition no one has found. One free EKG can catch it.

⚡ Restart it when it does: Immediate CPR can double or triple the chance of survival, and an AED nearby can restart a heart.

Through Every Heartbeat Counts, we’re raising $20,000 this month to fund free EKG screenings, place AEDs in schools and on fields, and train the next generation of lifesavers.

Join Every Heartbeat Counts today. Link in bio. 💙

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Less than 2-weeks left to sign up. $1000 and trophies to the champs. Trophies to 2nd and 3rd place teams. Should be a great day of basketball, competition and community.
#naugatuckct #waterburyct #basketball #basketballislife #naugatuckvalley

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Last night was more than a great night at the ballpark — it was a night about community, partnership, and protecting lives. ❤️

Through our partnerships with Defibtech and In A Heartbeat, the Always 65 Foundation was proud to help donate 4 AEDs to the Hartford Yard Goats at Dunkin’ Park.

Every AED placed in a public space represents something bigger than a device on a wall. It represents time, preparation, and the opportunity to save a life when every second matters.

A huge thank you to the Hartford Yard Goats for welcoming us, supporting our mission, and recognizing the importance of cardiac emergency preparedness. Thank you to Defibtech and In A Heartbeat for continuing to stand beside us as we work to make more schools, athletic facilities, and community spaces heart-safe.

And seeing the Yard Goats mascots learning about CPR and AEDs made the night even better. 💪❤️

This is what Protect the Next Heartbeat looks like — organizations coming together and turning awareness into action.

We’re incredibly grateful for everyone who helped make this possible.

Forever 15. Always 65.
Protect the Next Heartbeat. ❤️

#Always65Foundation #HartfordYardGoats #DunkinPark #Defibtech #InAHeartbeat

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Two minutes that capture what happens when sports, community, and a shared mission come together. ❤️🏀

We’re incredibly grateful to Andre Drummond for partnering with In A Heartbeat and inviting us to be part of the Andre Drummond All Stars Camp.

Andre, thank you for believing in our mission to prevent death from sudden cardiac arrest and for helping us bring CPR, AED education, EKG screenings, and heart health awareness to the next generation of athletes. Providing campers with EKGs, along with hands-on CPR and AED education, allowed us to take an important step toward early detection and lifesaving preparedness. Your willingness to use your platform to make a difference means so much to us.

A huge thank you as well to our incredible volunteers from Quinnipiac University for showing up, educating, and helping make this day possible. Your passion and commitment continue to make a real impact.

This is what partnership looks like. This is what community looks like. And this is how we change the odds.

Thank you, Andre, and everyone who helped make this day unforgettable. ❤️

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The last week was amazing, busy, and incredible seeing what these young leaders are up to!! Grateful to be a small part of it!#cprreadygeneration #cpr #studentleadership
www.cprreadygeneration.com

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Hear from SCA survivor @mikepapale on the importance of learning CPR early!

We’re thankful for the important work and advocacy you’re doing, and are excited to be partnering with @defibtech_llc 💖

#cprreadygeneration #cprsaveslives #aedawareness #washingtondc

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Get the group chat going and find a winning team! First 20 teams to sign up get in. Going to be an awesome weekend of basketball in the valley. Link in bio...
#naugatuckct #basketball #basketballislife #waterburyct #3v3

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Brisk walk and talk about the CPR Ready Generation! :)
#cprreadygeneration #cpr #CPRReadyGeneration #studentleadership
www.cprreadygeneration.com

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Andre Drummond camp 26’ ✔️
Thankful for this oppurtunity to coach and mentor the youth alongside other great minds and to be able to learn more about the game myself. Thank you @drummond for putting CT basketball on the map

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Here’s another recap from our EKG Screenings with Andre Drummond’s All Star Basketball Camp! 🏀

CEP is so grateful to have been a part of this life-saving event!

#quinnipiac #inaheartbeat #andredrummond #andredrummondallstarscamp #nba

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