Heart for Athletes will hold a heart screening event at Foley High School on Thursday, October 9th from 12pm-4pm. Students attending should bring the following paperwork to the screening event: HFA Med History / consent form (Please note: parental signature required...
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Screening at Spanish Fort High School
Heart for Athletes will hold a heart screening event at Spanish Fort High School on Thursday, September 25th from 12pm-4pm. Spanish Fort High students interested in attending should bring their SIGNED and completed paperwork to the screening event. A copy of the...
AED for Grand Bay Ballpark
Jack Lastorka, President of Baseball at Grand Bay ballpark in Mobile, is presented with an automated external defibrillator (AED) from Heart for Athletes. An AED is a portable device designed to read the heart rhythm of a person in Sudden Cardiac Arrest and...
Lastorka fundraising for AED
Red Ribbon Leader nominee, J.T. Lastorka, from Grand Bay Middle School, is helping Heart for Athletes bring awareness to sudden cardiac arrest in youth. To help keep kids at his school safe if a SCA occurs, Lastorka is initiating fundraising efforts that will go...
Heart for Athletes and USA’s Dr. Lynn Batten partner for heart screening event
Daphne High School Swim Team member David Wildebrandt receives a heart screening Aug. 16, 2014. Dr. Lynn Batten, director of the division of pediatric cardiology at the University of South Alabama, recently partnered with Heart for Athletes to conduct a free...
Heart Screening – August 16, 2014
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CPR/AED training classes offered in Baldwin County
Would you know what to do if someone collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest or choking? Daphne's fire department offers CPR/AED classes several times a month to anyone from Daphne or surrounding communities. Don't put it off any longer! Take one of these convenient...
Daphne teen receives Spaatz Award
While most students are getting ready to head back to class, a Baldwin county teenager was receiving a special honor. Sam Cockrell, of Daphne, was awarded the Civil Air Patrol Spaatz on August 6, 2014. Congressman Bradley Byrne was in Foley for the...
The Lagniappe Features Article on SCA in Youth
The Lagniappe of Mobile and Baldwin Counties has featured an article about SCA in youth in this week's issue. It is a great article, helping bringing awareness to the incidence of this deadly problem. Here's additional info regarding the 10-15% false positive rate...