Screening Hearts, Saving Lives: The SafeBeat Initiative

The SafeBeat Initiative is offering a free, voluntary opt-in heart screening program to all Hillsborough County public high school students. Please get involved in screening hearts and saving lives.

SafeBeat Saves Lives

ABC Action News: Free heart screening saved one student's life, SafeBeat offering them to all high school students

Screening Children for Cardiac Arrest

Studio 10 Tampa Bay interview with Gul Dadlani, M.D., Medical Director of Pediatric Cardiology at All Children's Hospital regarding sudden cardiac arrest and the SafeBeat heart screening initiative.

New program aims to detect heart defects

SafeBeat Initiative Launch in Hillsborough County School District.

The CAS Foundation's ECG Screening Tour

This video features a child-friendly demonstration of an electrocardiogram, (ECG/EKG) screening. This video is a great introduction to someone who has never taken this test, or wants to learn more about electrocardiogram-based heart screenings.

Voices on Sudden Cardiac Arrest
View a roundtable discussion on how Sudden Cardiac Arrest affects children and young athletes. Features a young woman living with Long-QT Syndrome, a mother who has lost a child due to Sudden Cardiac Arrest, a pediatric cardiologist, a coach and athletic director, and State Representative discussing their experiences and viewpoints.

Know the benefits of an EKG
Student-athlete commercials from 2008 NCAA National Student-Athlete Development Conference in Orlando, Florida

Screening Athletes for Heart Problems
Doctor Barry Ramo reveals how certain test can save lives.

Sports Screening Physicals With Cardiac Testing Can 'Save' Student Athletes From Life-Threatening Cardiac Conditions
Mother Shares How a Sports Screening Physical with Cardiac Testing Saved Her Son.

Heart disease in young athletes
It's a heart disease that can cause serious health problems, especially in young athletes. The disease has few symptoms and can go undetected if you're not properly screened. One local family is hoping to make others aware of the danger of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Who to test? How to test?
Dr. Malissa Wood of Mass General is advocating for more young adults to get their heart screened before they participate in strenuous sports. She answers who should be tested and offers a plan on how the testing can be done.

Housecall with Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld
Isadore Rosenfeld, M.D., a professor of medicine at New York Hospital Weil Cornell Medical Center, is widely recognized as one of this country's preeminent doctors. His regular appearances on network television have garnered a devoted nationwide following of viewers seeking the latest information on health and medical issues.

New push to screen young athletes
It comes after the death of a De La Salle High School student who dropped suddenly on the basketball court. One effort is being led the by the father of another teenage athlete, who died last year in Los Gatos.

Fort Worth high school student dies after baseball tryout
Students at Fort Worth's Southwest High School have lost a friend. Ryan Powell, 18, died Tuesday night shortly after showing off his baseball skills to a college scout.