For ECMO and cardiac arrest survivors, and the families who love them
You made it home. You don't have to do the rest alone.
Support from survivors who have been there: a calm daily check-in, your questions for the cardiologist, and people who understand. From the first hard weeks to the years after, and a place to help the next person when you're ready.
Peer support, not medical advice. In an emergency, call 911.
Leo
Founder. Cardiac arrest and ECMO survivor.
I built Heart Restarted because of what happened to me, and because I could not find the support I needed when I was trying to recover.Read Leo's story
Start with something useful. No account.
Both tools work right here and stay on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere until you choose to save it.
One calm screen for each day
- Today. One tap to say how your energy is. A note of your next visit. One thing to read. One small step.
- Plan. Your visits, the people to call, your wallet card. Kept on your phone.
- Together. Stories from people further along, and small circles with a weekly question from Leo.
Free on the web and on iPhone. Night mode and larger text are one tap away.
Today
How is your energy today?
One tap. No right answer. Nothing leaves this page.
For the people who love them
You sat in the waiting room. Now you are at home, and nobody gave you a leaflet. The survivor can send you a link with a short note in their own words, the contacts they choose, and whether they checked in in the last 24 hours. That is all it shows. You do not need an account, and they can switch it off whenever they like.
Guides for familiesWhat a family member sees
Checked in today: yes
A note from Sam: "Slow morning, better afternoon."
Who to call
Jordan, wife: one tap to call
An example. Only what Sam writes and chooses to share.
A small community, run by a survivor
Heart Restarted is new. If you join now you are among the first members, and Leo reads every post and replies. Each week there is one question to answer in a small hosted circle, and nobody has to say anything to belong.
Further along? Your story is what a new survivor needs to hear.
Why I built this
On March 13, 2023, my heart stopped outside my gym. A stranger did CPR until the ambulance came. I was put on ECMO as a last resort, and I woke up a week later with my wife by my side.
Surviving was only the start. I went back to work too soon, and I learned how real the anxiety after something like this can be. My wife was always there, but she could not know what I was feeling, and I did not know anyone who had been through it. I felt scared and alone.
I built Heart Restarted so survivors, and the people who were there with them, can find each other and ask what is normal. You do not have to do this alone.
Leo
Start with the questions. Join when you are ready.
In an emergency, call 911. If you are in crisis, call or text 988, or text HOME to 741741.