Happy Christmas from us all at Arrhythmia Alliance!
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Throughout 2017, Arrhythmia Alliance’s main focus has been to ‘Identify the Undiagnosed Person’. Sadly, we are aware that around a third of people who have an arrhythmia, are unaware that they have one. With the launch of our new booklet ‘Identifying the Undiagnosed person’ (available for download
here)
, and campaigns such as ‘Know Your Pulse’, we hope to see this figure dramatically reduced in the coming years.
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Make a Donation this Christmas
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Donate to Arrhythmia Alliance this Christmas and help us to continue our work during 2018. Every donation you make will make a difference as funds raised support our present and future members who need our help, advice and guidance. Living with an arrhythmia can be frightening, confusing and debilitating, allow us to reach the people who need us the most.
Click
here
to donate today.
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Be a member of your own heart care team this Christmas!
Do you know if you have an arrhythmia? Have you been told to watch your blood pressure?
We have the ideal solutions to help you be in control of your own heart health this Christmas! Monitor at regular intervals to find possible triggers, track your symptoms alongside the physical recordings and manage your health with facts.
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AliveCor Kardia
The Alivecor Kardia gives a single lead ECG reading in just 30 seconds, and shows if you have an arrhythmia. Record your symptoms as they happen along with an ECG and track the frequency and potential triggers of your episode – which is unique to you. Next, work with your doctor to manage your arrhythmia, prevent symptoms and restore normality.
SPECIAL PRICE FOR CHRISTMAS 5% OFF RRP - JUST £94.05
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Watch BP Monitor
The Watch BP is a device recommended by NICE to be used to routinely monitor your blood pressure at home. This way, you can know for certain if you have an arrhythmia and how it is affecting your blood pressure, and vice versa. Find potential triggers for your high or low blood pressure (BP), and share the results with your doctor to ensure your condition is being managed effectively.
Huge Savings on RRP by purchasing through Arrhythmia Alliance
Watch BP Home S - £45
Watch BP Home A - £75
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Arrhythmia Alliance Patients Day 2017
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Arrhythmia Alliance Patients Day 2017 was held during the UK's largest heart rhythm conference, Arrhythmia Alliance Heart Rhythm Congress.
The day was a huge success, with 87% of attendees reporting that the meeting had exceeded their expectations, and had learnt more than expected about the issues surrounding arrhythmias.
Thank you to everyone who attended Patients Day 2017, we hope you enjoyed your day and we look forward to welcoming you next year! (Save the Date – 7 October 2018)
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Arrhythmia Alliance World Heart Rhythm Week
We continued the focus on ‘identifying the undiagnosed person’. More than 15 countries participated in World Heart Rhythm Week, where we made more than one million people pulse rhythm aware.
Over 2,000 'Know Your Pulse' events took place around the world with 750 in the UK alone, and over 10,000 pulses were checked.
Add the date to your 2018 diary World Heart Rhythm Week 4 – 10 June 2018
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AF Association Global AF Aware Week
Arrhythmia Alliance partnered with AF Association during AF Association Global AF Aware week which continues to raise awareness of the most common arrhythmia – atrial fibrillation focusing on ‘Detect, Protect, Correct, Perfect’.
This year we had over 1000 awareness events take place in the UK alone!
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arrhythmias
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arrhythmias (APPG-Arrhythmias) was established this year, chaired by Mike Gapes MP. The Group represents all those affected by, and involved in the care of arrhythmias, and looks to address the issues from a diagnosis, management and service provision perspective for the benefit of patients and the NHS.
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Our media and social media reach this year has been in excess of 8.5million. Our target is to make ‘arrhythmia’ a household word by 2020.
Support us by sharing our resources and posters with your GP surgeries, becoming involved in our campaigns and fundraising, and by following us on Facebook and Twitter below.
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Our Defibs Save Lives Campaign continues to grow. We have now placed over 3000 life-saving devices into communities.
We are very excited to announce that we are currently working on the Defibs Save Lives section of our website and plan to have a new and updated version go live in early 2018 so watch this space!
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Our fantastic fundraisers continue to raise much needed funds for the charity, doing everything from cake sales to skydives and marathons.
We would like to say a huge thank you to all those who have fundraised for Arrhythmia Alliance during 2017.
If you would like to fundraise for us during 2018, please click below to find out how!
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Patient Surveys and Resources
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Throughout 2017 we have been working very hard to update our resources. We have also published some brand new resources.
All of our resources are approved by our Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) and endorsed by the Department of Health. This ensures that you are provided with the most up to date and accurate information.
All of our resources can be found by clicking below.
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Our patient surveys continue to provide evidence that improvement in patient care is continuously needed.
One showing that 3 out of 4 doctors used the results from a mobile ECG device to make a diagnosis.
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Another showing that 15% of respondents had an infection following a device implant.
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And then one showing that 7% of AF patients had no symptoms.
We will be doing many more surveys going into 2018 so please keep your eyes peeled!
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Our Healthcare Pioneers continue to be an example for medical professionals around the world, as shown in The AF Association Healthcare Pioneers Report. The Report identifies best practice in the identification, diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and is used as a benchmark to improve services and care for the patients with AF.
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Arrhythmia Alliance joined with sister charities AF Association and STARS to launch our brand new international website
www.heartrhythmalliance.org
, with 59 international sites.
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We Hope You Have a Very Merry Christmas
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Arrhythmia Alliance
©Arrhythmia Alliance, Registered Charity No: 1107496
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