Heart Screenings
National Youth Heart Screening Day is Saturday, February 1, 2025
National Youth Heart Screening Day is a landmark initiative brought to you by Heart for Athletes and 27 other partner sites in communities across the nation. Free heart screenings will be offered to youth and young adults ages 6 to 24. Along with free heart screenings, we will educate the public about warning signs, family heart history and risk factors that are often missed or misdiagnosed. Hands-on demonstrations of CPR and AED use in cardiac emergencies will also be taught. National Youth Heart Screening Day will impact an estimated 10,000+ youth across 15 states.
Corporate Sponsorship
Sponsorship packages range from $250 – $2500.
The cost of screening is $25, but we can offer many of these events free to local schools through our generous community sponsors. Donate Below!
National Youth Heart Screening Day will impact 10,000 youth across 15 states.
Volunteer
The lifeblood of our screening events are the volunteers who make it possible for us to save a life. Sign Up Here.
If you are interested in joining our team, fill out our volunteer form.
- Thank you for donating your time and talents to our mission to save young hearts!
Sign Up Your Child
Available to anyone ages 6-24. Each electrocardiogram (ECG) heart screening is interpreted by a pediatric cardiologist or cardiologist volunteering to serve on Heart for Athletes’ Medical Advisory Team.
Click to Access Authorization Form.
If you want to sign up a team, call 251-510-7263.
Other Ways to Help?
If you would like to hear about upcoming heart screenings, host a heart screening event at your high school, or would like to know more about CPR/AED (automated external defibrillator) classes, please fill out our volunteer form. We’d love to hear from you! Or Call 251-510-7263.
Sponsor National Youth Heart Screening Day:
We need sponsors to meet our goal of screening 400 youth athletes from the Mobile area! Please consider signing up your team of athletes (ages 6-24), attending the event, or participating as a sponsor for your name to be recognized as part of this inaugural event, already getting local and national news coverage. Sponsorship packages range from $250 – $2500.
National Youth Heart Screening Day will impact an estimated 10,000+ youth across 15 states.
IN THE NEWS
December 11, 2024
Lagniappe featured Heart For Athletes in this article by J. MARK BRYANT.
Coming Up:
3/18/2025 – Hewitt-Trussville High School
The Hewitt-Trussville High School screening will take place on Tuesday, March 18th in the gymnasium of the school.
6450 Husky Parkway, Trussville, AL 35173
1 in every 300 children are at risk for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). The purpose of a heart screening event is to identify these children who have conditions that put them at risk for SCA before a SCA occurs so that they can receive appropriate preventative treatment. This is done by completing a simple and painless EKG on each participant.
What to expect at a heart screening event
During the Heart for Athletes screening event, each athlete will take part in the following evaluation:
- Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) – This test is performed while the athlete is at rest. Electrodes (small patches) are placed on the surface of the skin. The test maps the rate, rhythm and functions of the heart, and prints a tracing for physician review and interpretation.
- Physician review – A board certified pediatric cardiologist will review the EKG and recommend follow up if a problem is suspected.
- CPR/AED demonstration – Each student will participate in a hands-on CPR demonstration and learn how to use an AED.
The cost of a heart screening is $25/student. Contact us for dates of availability and for more info on how we can bring an event to your community.
More information about our heart screening events
Please note
Screening events are not intended for athletes under the care of, or who have previously seen a cardiologist, or for “second opinions” about other heart conditions. Heart screening events are specifically looking for the most common causes of SCA in young athletes.
Cost
The cost of a screening is $25, but we are able to offer many of these events free to local schools through our generous community sponsors.
Join Us
If you would like to hear about upcoming heart screenings, would like to host a heart screening event at your high school, or would like to know more about CPR/AED (automated external defibrillator) classes, please fill out our volunteer form. We’d love to hear from you!
Sign Up for a Heart Screening
Sign up for a life-saving heart screening today with Heart For Athletes. Join us in the fight against sudden cardiac arrest in youth.