Bethany Keime

Bethany and Hannah are sisters and co-founders of HeartCharged. The jolts in their lives have become the "what" and "why" of their patient advocacy work. They thought they were average, active high schoolers until they found out they both have a deadly heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

As their conditions worsened, they were implanted with defibrillators. Just months later, 2 jolts from Hannah’s defibrillator saved her life when she went into sudden cardiac arrest in her sleep. They’re now trying to jolt the world into action to stop accepting the 9 percent survival rate from sudden cardiac arrest and undiagnosed heart conditions.

Their advocacy offers patient-to-patient support to the diagnosed. This includes donations of automated external defibrillators, training classes, and heart screening initiatives – and they only want to be louder and expand their reach to have the world Get HeartCharged.

Their social media health advocacy is especially charged. They have an engaged and dynamic patient community while spreading their message to the general public about overlooked symptoms and difficulties being diagnosed.

Their posts include comedy, drama, parodies, podcast clips, article outtakes, hard life facts, and fun music videos. They will make you laugh, cry, learn, and take action.

Click here to read all of Bethany's articles on CardiovascularDisease.net.