Student Heart Screening

The beaumont healthy heart check student heart screening is designed for students ages 13 to 18.

Student heart screening. Please select the testing date on the calendar below to view and choose from the available appointment times. Be sure to share the results of the free ecg screening with your physician. When one of these tragic deaths occurs it s understandable that everybody wants to do something said maron director of the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy center at minneapolis heart. The screenings take place at our hackley campus in muskegon.

If you are a student athlete or an active 12 40 year old then this screening is for you. The heart screening consists of a thorough review of past medical history physical examination blood pressure height weight and listen to heart an electrocardiogram ecg and if required based on findings an echocardiogram. Screenings are limited to youth ages 12 22 only. Please note these are by appointment only and cost 25.

Younger children are not typically screened because structural abnormalities including abnormal heart muscle thickening which is the most common cause of sudden death in the u s do not become apparent until later in adolescence. The screening is not a substitute for regular visits to your family doctor. These screenings include a limited echocardiogram ekg blood pressure test. These screenings help detect heart abnormalities and the potential for sca with 99 accuracy.

Reuters sep 17 2020 09 11 ist. Student athletes may need heart test after covid 19. This is who we will be contacting with test results. Each student must have a parent or guardian s consent to undergo the screening.

Many of the problems. Living for zachary heart screenings. Common public screening methods unreliable. Sudden cardiac arrest sca claims nearly 10 000 young lives each year.

If you are unable to attend our scheduled student heart check program you can have the screening performed by appointment at the ernst cardiovascular center at beaumont royal oak. Student athletes may need heart test after covid 19. Heart screenings are a simple quick method to identifying pre existing heart conditions that could increase a student s risk of complications during physical activity and or athletic competition. Unlike some other types of preventive care like certain cancer screenings or vaccinations heart screenings are not standardized.