Why having your heart screened is imperative!

In the United States, the largest cause of natural death is sudden cardiac arrest (SCA); it causes close to 325,000 deaths each year. Often times people group sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) with heart attacks, assuming that they are the same when they are not.

While there are few warning signs of SCA, it often strikes unwarranted and with little discretion for age, gender or genetics. 

In early January, an 11-year-old soccer player complained of a headache during an indoor soccer game when he collapsed, forcing coaches to perform CPR on the boy until emergency health officials arrived. Unfortunately, the young boy did not survive the attack after falling into a coma shortly afterwards.

It seems that more than not, these attacks strike at athletic events. Be prepared for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) by working to make sure that athletic facilities in your area have defibrillators handy and emergency protocols in place in the case that someone falls victim to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).

Also having your heart screened will let you know if there is a problem that you might not know of. 

Visit Living for Zachary and find out more information on Heart Screenings for the youth in your life.