Hold Your Breath for ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Описание: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a life threatening condition that occurs when fluid suddenly fills the air sacs in your lungs causing total lung failure. Over 200,000 Americans are diagnosed each year and once it strikes it’s nearly impossible to stop. Nearly half will die. Until recently if you asked “When will there be more hope?”, the answer has been “Don’t hold your breath.” But finally there is news worth holding your breath for as research is leading to faster diagnosis, and promising new drugs are on the horizon.

HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR ARDS. Here’s your chance to help ARDS Foundation get the word out about this deadly condition. Take a selfie or video and caption it with the number of seconds you held your breath, and you’ll be helping to raise much needed awareness.

POST YOUR PHOTO OR VIDEO ON FACEBOOK. Or upload your photo or video to our website ARDSFoun- dation.org where we’ll post it for the world to watch in amazement while they learn a little bit about ARDS and ARDS Foundation.

PLEASE DONATE. And please consider making a tax de- ductible donation to ARDS Foundation by pledging any amount for every second. Better yet, get a sponsor to
do the same. The money you raise will help us continue our important work, and allow us to create new initiatives like our “Ask the Doctors” program, to be housed on our website, where ARDS specialists will answer questions submitted by the public.