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Got this in an email this morning -- Coaches, it's worth a trip to the link and print out the handout!
Teaming up to save athletes' lives
July 10, 2007
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Boston Scientific and the Black Coaches Association have teamed up to increase awareness of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) among young athletes and you can help.
Sudden cardiac arrest is not a heart attack. It is a dangerously fast heart rhythm, potentially lethal if not treated immediately. Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in young athletes. In the U.S. alone, a young competitive athlete dies suddenly every three days - more than 100 young lives lost each year.
How can you help? As part of the physical screening process for your athletes, ask a few simple questions to help determine if he/she may be at risk for SCA. If you become aware of an athlete who may be at risk, recommend they undergo cardiac testing.
BCA members who attended the annual conference in Miami last month had the opportunity to undergo cardiac testing to determine their own risk for SCA and experience how non-invasive and efficient the tests are. To learn more about SCA, cardiac testing and questions you can ask your athletes to help determine risk, click here:
http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_ ... -Teamingup
Teaming up to save athletes' lives
July 10, 2007
-
Boston Scientific and the Black Coaches Association have teamed up to increase awareness of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) among young athletes and you can help.
Sudden cardiac arrest is not a heart attack. It is a dangerously fast heart rhythm, potentially lethal if not treated immediately. Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in young athletes. In the U.S. alone, a young competitive athlete dies suddenly every three days - more than 100 young lives lost each year.
How can you help? As part of the physical screening process for your athletes, ask a few simple questions to help determine if he/she may be at risk for SCA. If you become aware of an athlete who may be at risk, recommend they undergo cardiac testing.
BCA members who attended the annual conference in Miami last month had the opportunity to undergo cardiac testing to determine their own risk for SCA and experience how non-invasive and efficient the tests are. To learn more about SCA, cardiac testing and questions you can ask your athletes to help determine risk, click here:
http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_ ... -Teamingup
