Senate Bill could require heart screenings for Florida student-athletes
Organization sees screenings as common sense
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TAMPA, Fla. â Protecting student-athletes from detectable heart conditions that could cost them their lives. That is the goal of a new bill, Senate Bill 280, that aims to require heart screenings and first aid lessons at the middle and high school levels in the entire state of Florida.
I spoke with the founder of an organization that is one of this bill s biggest champions.
Evan Ernst is the executive director of Who We Play For, which he started after losing one of his high school teammates at the beginning of soccer practice. He was one of unfortunately hundreds of kids who died from a heart condition that is completely preventable if detected early through a screening.
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with my heart. the opportunity of him having a heart screening allowed us to prevent an incident that could have been life changing. over 100 others are simon s legacy. if we save one life it s amazing, but to impact so many other lives because of simon, who was 3 months old when he passed away it s pretty amazing. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. let s celebrate these moments. this woman. this cancer patient. christine. living her life. loving her family. moments made possible in part by the breakthrough science of advanced genomic testing. after christine exhausted the standard treatment options for her disease, doctors working with the center for advanced individual medicine at cancer treatment centers of america suggested advanced genomic testing. the test results revealed a finding
go get your hearts checked because babies just don t die. louis had a heart that beat irregul irregularly. although never confirmed in simon, the mayo clinic contributes 10% to 15% on unexplained infant deaths to the syndrome and health effects like it are causing deaths later in childhood, as well. at the time there were no organizations out there that were checking kids hearts. we don t want another family to go through what we ve been through. simon s fund provides free heart screenings for kids. over the past ten years we ve screened about 12,000 students. approximately 1% discover some type of heart condition. i went to a screening and found i had a structural issue with my heart. the opportunity of drew having a heart screening allowed us to prevent an incident that