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CAMPAIGN DESCRIPTION

Help families get to diagnosis via proper questions in the well-child exam. The exam should include cardiac questions to be added to the “Well Child” examination for all children under the age of 19 with the goals of: - Improve professional development for healthcare providers with an online training system. - Improve student-athlete pre-participation physicals and athlete education about signs and symptoms that are linked to cardiac conditions. - Improve the ability of the healthcare providers to identify children and families at risk for cardiac disorders both genetic and congenital.


TALKING POINTS
  • The Healthy Cardiac Monitoring Act aims to ensure the cardiovascular health needs of all children are met, including those of student athletes in particular, and the training of registered, licensed, and certified health care professional defined as physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant (MD, DO, PA, or APN/NP) to meet those needs.
  • The Preparticipation Physical Evaluation” (PPE) form was developed jointly by the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Sports Medicine, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, and American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association's 14 point screening for heart disease in the young.

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