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Hitting the Jackpot
Helen Trimm
miraculously survived
sudden cardiac arrest
but is no longer
pushing her luck,
thanks to UVA
Lady Luck was on Helen
Trimm's side at a riverboat
casino in 2009. Trimm
didn't walk out a millionaire, but she did beat the
odds. "I was talking with
my sister when I suddenly
fainted and slumped over
in my chair," she says.
Without warning, Trimm's
heart stopped pumping,
a condition called sudden
cardiac arrest (SCA). Fewer
than one in 10 people who
have SCA outside a hospital survive. >>
By Christine Martin
Spri ng 2014
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