PROGRAM GOALS

Designed by Saint Barnabas cardiac specialists, the Playing With Heart program reaches out to youth sports athletic directors, parents, coaches and young athletes through regularly scheduled education sessions and cardiac screening events. The Program includes preliminary cardiac testing to young athletes ages 12 to 17 in all competitive sports.

The goals are simple: to raise awareness of the problem of sudden cardiac arrest and to help identify players who may require further testing or intervention to help prevent it. All testing and medical examinations are conducted by Saint Barnabas cardiac and sports medicine physicians. The program also follows the recommendations of the American Heart Association guidelines for screening young athletes.

While the Playing With Heart program alone cannot prevent sudden cardiac death from occurring, it is an important first step in helping to identify those athletes most at risk.

  Playing With Heart Program
Saint Barnabas Health Care System

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