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It’s the sound every parent loves hearing. The sound of a healthy heartbeat. A screening on one De Soto teen athlete found something different and it saved her life. For many kids, sports is the heartbeat of their social life. But at that age, few students ever think about their actual heart. “I was a[…]
FAIR GROVE, Mo. An Ozarks family has made it their mission to help screen young people for hidden heart conditions. Devon Parrott and his family found out about his life-threatening heart condition six years ago, after he collapsed at school. Devon’s Beat recently held its first heart screening event in the Springfield area. Fair Grove schools[…]
STERLING – The 16-year-old Sterling High School athlete who collapsed Sunday and died after playing basketball during an open gym session at the school was Dominic Franklin, Whiteside County Coroner Joe McDonald said. Preliminary autopsy results indicate he died of heart failure, McDonald said in an email, adding that “there was no indication of prior[…]
Discover why AED drills are important and learn how to run an effective drill. AEDs can save lives, but only if educators and administrators are prepared to take action. Tornado, fire, lockdown, and even active shooter drills are the norm for most schools across the country, but when is the last time you scheduled a[…]
Tinley Park community mourns unexpected death of teacher, 25, who ‘saw the positive side of everything’ Just after 3 p.m. on Oct. 12, a light went out at Virgil I. Grissom Middle School in Tinley Park. That’s when a beloved teacher died unexpectedly in her classroom, doing what she loved. Abby Ohl was only 25 but[…]
Original article by Dr. Larry Creswell on athletes and heart health. About Larry / Contact In a study reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Sanjay Sharma and colleagues from the University of London offer the most comprehensive look yet at the utility of cardiac screening for young, competitive athletes—in this case, specifically for elite, adolescent British[…]
[one_half] Sudden Cardiac Arrest is fatal 95% of the time. We have to prevent it before it strikes! De Soto School District Saturday, Oct. 27th Only $129 [/one_half][one_half_last] [/one_half_last] Frequently, the warning signs and symptoms of Sudden Cardiac Arrest are masked or misdiagnosed. The ATS HeartCheck can help detect congenital and genetic heart[…]
Researchers have linked sudden cardiac death — when the heart suddenly stops beating — with a common condition, a significant breakthrough. Academics across four states analyzed more than 7600 studies and found 12 percent of people who suffered sudden cardiac death without a clear cause had mitral valve prolapse. A prospective Australian registry for patients[…]
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