Aug 5, 2017
Courtesy of TDT News - “A kid ran in and said ‘Scrubs, we need you on the field,’” athletic trainer Windee Skrabanek remembered.
Aug 4, 2017
Courtesy of Michigan Health - Bonded by similar journeys, two strangers with congenital heart defects form a special friendship that has withstood the ups and downs of life.
Aug 1, 2017
Courtesy of News 5 Cleveland - A new law in Ohio aims to protect student athletes from a life-threatening condition.
Jul 31, 2017
Courtesy of EconoTimes - When a serious accident or medical emergency happens, having someone there who knows first aid and CPR could mean the difference between life and death for the victim.
Jul 29, 2017
Courtesy of News & Record - “Fall” sports are just around the corner, which means high school coaches and athletics directors should be thinking not just about W’s but three H’s: Hearts, heads and heat.
Jul 27, 2017
Courtesy of Herald Scotland - CAMPAIGNERS are calling for routine cardiac screening in Scottish secondary schools after six young people in Dundee and Perth were referred to their doctor with previously unknown heart conditions after undergoing scans funded by a local charity.
Jul 27, 2017
Courtesy of M Live - West Michigan, a region settled by immigrants from the Netherlands, has thousands of residents of Dutch descent who are vulnerable to a potentially deadly genetic heart disorder, likely tied to a common ancestor.
Jul 26, 2017
Courtesy of KTRE - It was just a typical Saturday for a young, college student, playing a pick-up game of football, with his friends. But, 20 year old, Stephen Mask's life completely changed in a matter of seconds.
Jul 23, 2017
Courtesy of Herald Sun - KADEL Key had lined up to smother a set shot during a suburban footy game when the lights went out.
Jul 23, 2017
Courtesy of Miami Herald - Rowing was his life. Every day after school at 4 p.m., Gianluca Iacono headed to Key Biscayne for practice.
Jul 22, 2017
Courtesy of Wales Online - Frank Arentz has been told he could die if his heart rate rises above 180 beats per minute.
Jul 22, 2017
Courtesy of News Hub - “A poster child for chronic disease.” That’s how Dylan Deem, 25, once described himself. But there’s more – he’s an award-winning athlete, he’s a college graduate, he’s an author . . . he’s a survivor.
Jul 21, 2017
Courtesy of Miami Herald - In April, a 16-year-old South Carolina high school student drank a McDonald’s latte, a large Mountain Dew and a 16-ounce energy drink in a span of about two hours. He passed out in art class, and by the time the dismissal bell rang at school that day, he was dead.
Jul 21, 2017
Courtesy of KSOO - On Thursday, May 18 a little past three in the afternoon my life changed. Forever. That morning was just like any other morning.
Jul 20, 2017
Courtesy of E-Vartha - Heart attack is often thought as a disease of the elderly population and many times neglected by youngsters.
Jul 20, 2017
Courtesy of Digital Journal - Cardiac risk assessments and heart screenings are not a standard part of well-child checkups or pre-participation physical examinations – even though the first symptom of sudden cardiac arrest is often death for thousands of kids.
Jul 19, 2017
Courtesy of Idaho Press-Tribune - After being dragged from his family’s swimming pool and complaining of chest pains, he stopped responding to the people around him. He stopped breathing. His heart stopped beating.
Jul 19, 2017
Courtesy of Inside World Football - The agent of a former Cameroon player who died last year after suffering heart problems is calling on FIFA to train all players and coaches in how to treat victims of sudden cardiac arrest.
Jul 18, 2017
Courtesy of News Medical - Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a condition that affects the heart’s ability to pump blood effectively due to the thickening (hypertrophy) of the heart muscle which becomes stiff as a result.
Jul 18, 2017
Courtesy of 9 News - Fit and healthy 16-year-old Benny Cooper was just a kilometre from a triathlon finish line 18 months ago when he suddenly collapsed, going into cardiac arrest.
