b'RESUSCITATION, RECOVERY, AND TWO LIVES SAVEDSURVIVAL STORYNever in a million years would I have thought this would happen to me.Jennifer HayesAs a veteran pediatric ICU nurse, Jennifer Hayes, RN, spent a majority of her career preparing for the worst. But on November 9th, 2017, it was her husband, Kyle, who had to put those lifesaving skills to the testnot only to save her but to save their unborn child. Never in a million years would I have thought this would happen to me, Jennifer says, echoing the surreal experience of many survivors of sudden cardiac arrest. Up until the deadly crisis hit, it was a completely normal autumn day eight years ago. Jennifer was actively involved in her work at a local childrens hospital in California. She had just taken on a new position as supervisor of resuscitation in July. That day, she was attending meetings about a CPR quality improvement project and was trying to close out most of her projects and get the ball moving on others before she went on maternity leave at the endDid you know?of December. She was 30 weeks pregnant with her second child, Micah, due in January of 2018. After work, she came homeSurvival from out-of-looking forward to a quiethospital cardiac arrest evening in with her son, Matthew,is rareonly 1 in 10 while Kyle grabbed dinner withpatients recover and are successfully discharged friends. But Kyles plans changedfrom the hospital.after he witnessed a terrible accident on the freeway. It shookBut when someone nearby him up to the point where hestarts CPR right away and called Jennifer to let her knowuses an AED, survival odds that he would be coming homecan double or even triple.to spend time instead with theirThats why CARES exists. As family. Jennifer suggested they go out to dinner as aa national registry, CARES family. It was a kind of night you never think twice abouthelps communities measure great conversations talking about their days around a tastyand improve response meal. They snapped a happy, careful picture to documenteffortsfrom the initial 911 the momentnot realizing that that picture would comecall to hospital dischargeto represent a moment just before everything upended.so more families have stories like Jennifers.As the car rolled to a quiet stop in the Hayes driveway,Explore the data. Jennifer turned to find Matthew sound asleep in the backJoin the effort.of the car. Careful not to wake him, she lifted his little bodymycares.netinto her arms carrying him up to his room and placing him in his bed. Then the world went dark. 9'