2 years after onstage cardiac arrest, local drummer keeps the beat
Anna Hansen
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Madison drummer Rökker is greeted by UW-Health clinical health physiologist Heather Grant after returning to the cardiac rehabilitation clinic he used during his recovery from an onstage heart attack in 2023.
Madison drummer Rökker walks through the UW-Health East Side rehabilitation clinic he used during his recovery from a 2023 onstage heart attack. Rökker now advocates for defibrillators in nightclubs and music venues.
Madison drummer Rökker, in the lobby of UW-Health’s East Madison Hospital. “When you go down from sudden cardiac arrest, there is no deathbed to regret what you didn’t do," he says. "But those who survive … you can do that now, you have that chance, that gift.”
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Madison drummer Rökker walks through the UW-Health East Side rehabilitation clinic he used during his recovery from a 2023 onstage heart attack. Rökker now advocates for defibrillators in nightclubs and music venues.
Madison drummer Rökker is greeted by UW-Health clinical health physiologist Heather Grant after returning to the cardiac rehabilitation clinic he used during his recovery from an onstage heart attack in 2023.
Madison drummer Rökker, in the lobby of UW-Health’s East Madison Hospital. “When you go down from sudden cardiac arrest, there is no deathbed to regret what you didn’t do," he says. "But those who survive … you can do that now, you have that chance, that gift.”
