Midwest Heart Foundation/Advocate Charity Foundation is pleased to bring the Young Hearts for LifeÒ (YH4L) Cardiac Screening Program to Reavis High School on October 4, 2012. All students whose parents authorize them to be tested will be screened. Please be aware that repeat ECG testing is recommended every two years. Midwest Heart Foundation/Advocate Charity Foundation, 501(c) 3 non-profit public charity foundation, provide free cardiac screenings which include an ECG (electrocardiogram) and may include an echocardiogram to identify high school students at risk for sudden cardiac death and to increase the public's awareness of this issue. To date over 75,000 students have been screened as a result of the Young Hearts for LifeÒ Cardiac Screening Program.
A simple ECG, when used to screen physically active young persons can detect certain serious heart conditions. Recording the electrical activity of the heart using electrodes attached to the skin with a mild adhesive, can detect approximately 60% of the abnormalities or “markers” from these heart conditions that are associated with sudden cardiac death that a stethoscope cannot. Please note that ECG screenings result in approximately 2% of the tests being falsely positive. This may require additional evaluation and testing by your physician. We believe that the benefit of this potentially life saving screening outweighs this concern.
Adult volunteers are needed for this event to Volunteers Sign Up here.
Parents can Register your students online. For more information about this program, please visit our website at www.midwestheart.org
A simple ECG, when used to screen physically active young persons can detect certain serious heart conditions. Recording the electrical activity of the heart using electrodes attached to the skin with a mild adhesive, can detect approximately 60% of the abnormalities or “markers” from these heart conditions that are associated with sudden cardiac death that a stethoscope cannot. Please note that ECG screenings result in approximately 2% of the tests being falsely positive. This may require additional evaluation and testing by your physician. We believe that the benefit of this potentially life saving screening outweighs this concern.
Adult volunteers are needed for this event to Volunteers Sign Up here.
Parents can Register your students online. For more information about this program, please visit our website at www.midwestheart.org
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