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How Many Student Athletes Die from Sudden Cardiac Arrest?
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What criteria should be used to conduct ECG exams on student athletes?
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Do heart screenings create anxiety among student athletes? Not really.
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Getting a heart screening before a child plays sports is beneficial, and more effective at discovering heart conditions than the current system.
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Despite the current health care crisis, heart screenings for students can be cost effective.
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ECG screenings have a low false positive rate and are more accurate for detecting heart conditions than the standard physical and questionnaire.
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Heart screenings are not perfect diagnostic test, but they are the best option for detecting heart conditions.
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Historically, we have not tracked the causes of death of children. This new initiative is tracking sudden death among children.
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How many student athletes experience sudden cardiac arrest?
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Fainting is the #1 warning sign of sudden cardiac arrest. Now, an ECG is the standard of care for evaluation when this occurs.
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Student athletes used to get sidelined automatically if they had an implantable defibrillator. Not anymore!
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Adding an ECG to the sports physical is a more effective way to detect heart conditions.
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Sudden cardiac arrest doesn’t have to be sudden. There are warning signs and many times they are overlooked.
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Long QT Syndrome is responsible for SIDS deaths. Why aren’t we talking more about this?
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Sudden cardiac arrest is the #1 cause of death of student athletes, but students don’t know much about it.
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There are controversies around heart screenings. What are they?
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School AED programs save lives!
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