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"Screening Hearts and Saving Lives"
In Memory of Marc Uglietto, son of Jayne Vining
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www.SafeBeat.org
A nonprofit, tax exempt corporation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
© 2008-2010 Cardiac Arrhythmia Syndromes Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
We want to thank HeartScreen America, Inc. for its generous support of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Syndromes Foundation. We are most
appreciative. www.HeartScreenAmerica.com
Cardiac Arrhythmia Syndromes Foundation
300 Ballardvale Street
Suite 201
Andover, MA 01810
United States
ph: 978-474-8008
SafeBeat.org
Solution:
Identifying Adolescent Athletes and
Young Americans at Risk
The CASF mission is to identify, as accurately as
possible, athletes at risk so that they can be fully
evaluated by a cardiologist who will advise them
accordingly.
A Simple Test Could Save Your Life
or the Life of a Loved One
Screening hearts does save lives and we are proud
to be a part of a national and international
movement. On December 10, 2004, the International
Olympic Committee adopted the Lausanne
Recommendations and now mandates EKG
screening for all its athletes. They also issued a
global advisory recommending that all athletes be
tested.
The US Congress has also recognized the
pervasiveness of sudden death and is responding
in consideration of legislation known as the Teague
Ryan Act.
Identifying Adolescent Athletes and
Young Americans at Risk
The CASF mission is to identify, as accurately as
possible, athletes at risk so that they can be fully
evaluated by a cardiologist who will advise them
accordingly.
A Simple Test Could Save Your Life
or the Life of a Loved One
Screening hearts does save lives and we are proud
to be a part of a national and international
movement. On December 10, 2004, the International
Olympic Committee adopted the Lausanne
Recommendations and now mandates EKG
screening for all its athletes. They also issued a
global advisory recommending that all athletes be
tested.
The US Congress has also recognized the
pervasiveness of sudden death and is responding
in consideration of legislation known as the Teague
Ryan Act.
Screening Hearts: An
International Movement
There’s an international movement afoot to screen
all children for heart defects that put them at risk of
sudden unexpected death. Japan and Italy have led
the way. In Japan, for instance, doctors routinely give
all children electrocardiograms (EKGs), which can
detect congenital heart defects that cannot be found
on physical examination.
Italy administers EKGs to all youths who want to
participate in competitive sports.
In December 2004, the International Olympic
Committee endorsed the Lausanne
Recommendations (see below), advising that young
athletes have EKGs every two years.
In March 2005, the European Society of Cardiology
published a consensus report in the European Heart
Journal, endorsing a similar proposal that
recommends that every young athlete involved in
organized sport has a rigorous physical
examination, a detailed investigation of their
personal and family medical history and, most
importantly, a 12-lead EKG.
The physician group believes that screening using
EKG has the potential to cut sports-related cardiac
deaths in Europe by 50%-70% if it can be
implemented in every country.
International Movement
There’s an international movement afoot to screen
all children for heart defects that put them at risk of
sudden unexpected death. Japan and Italy have led
the way. In Japan, for instance, doctors routinely give
all children electrocardiograms (EKGs), which can
detect congenital heart defects that cannot be found
on physical examination.
Italy administers EKGs to all youths who want to
participate in competitive sports.
In December 2004, the International Olympic
Committee endorsed the Lausanne
Recommendations (see below), advising that young
athletes have EKGs every two years.
In March 2005, the European Society of Cardiology
published a consensus report in the European Heart
Journal, endorsing a similar proposal that
recommends that every young athlete involved in
organized sport has a rigorous physical
examination, a detailed investigation of their
personal and family medical history and, most
importantly, a 12-lead EKG.
The physician group believes that screening using
EKG has the potential to cut sports-related cardiac
deaths in Europe by 50%-70% if it can be
implemented in every country.
The Best Way to Save Lives:
The one, two punch!
The resuscitation rate is < 24%, 7 out of
10 never get up.
The one, two punch!
- Preparedness:
- CPR
- Defibrillation
The resuscitation rate is < 24%, 7 out of
10 never get up.
- Prevention:
- Early detection of heart
abnormalities that lead to
Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
- The best solution: Don’t let them
go down in the first place;
partner with CASF to bring
convenient, affordable and
potentially life saving heart
screening to your members and
if you desire the community at
large.
- 95.6% of all US Major League
Sports Teams require preventive
heart screening including an
ECG.
- Johns Hopkins have embarked
on what is believed to be the
largest single-day event to date
to screen young athletes in the
United States for early signs of
life- threatening defects in the
body's blood-pumping organ.
- Lincolnwood School District in
Illinois is one of the first in the
nation to require students to be
screened with an ECG before
playing on a sports team.
- Stanford University School of
Medicine have begun a voluntary
program to conduct advanced
routine heart testing of all the
university’s student athletes.
Starting with the entire football
team in September, researchers
completed elective
electrocardiograms, known as
ECGs, on all 800 of the
university’s athletes from golfers
to swimmers to cross-country
runners.
- Columbia University will
become the first school in the
nation to conduct preseason
heart screenings on its football
players. John Reeves,
Columbia's director of physical
education and intercollegiate
athletics.
- Simon's Fund (PHW) (PA), any
child enrolled in the Colonial
School District will be eligible to
receive a free ECG exam.
Administered by the cardiology
team from The Children's
Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
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