sca news Pawlenty Announces Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Day With the encouragement of the Heart Rhythm Foundation, Minnesota Governor, Tim Pawlenty, has proclaimed April 2, 2005, as Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Day. A representative from the Minnesota Department of Health was at the Mall of America to read the announcement on behalf of Pawlenty on April 2, as the Heart Rhythm Foundation publicly launched the It's About Time: Prevent Sudden Cardiac Arrest campaign.