Is Your Campus Being Screened?
WWPF College Program
How to Bring ECGs to Your Campus
The WWPF team will support you every step of the way to help get your students/student-athletes screened effectively and efficiently to improve your campuses heart health.
Fill out the form below to connect with a WWPF team member to help get you set up.
Complete the agreement and training with the WWPF team to ensure you are adequately prepared to oversee ECGs.
Start screening on your campus!
Want to Bring ECG Screenings to Your College Campus?
Fill out the form and a WWPF team member will be in touch with you within 48 business hours to discuss what it would look like to screen your students/student-athletes.
On average it takes 5 minutes/screening and the WWPF team will help you to be effective and efficient with your time.
FAQs of the College Program
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The WWPF team offers heart screenings for $20/screening.
Cost is dependent on how your heart screenings are set up and will be determined by your WWPF representative.
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Equipment typically cost around $6000. The WWPF team can make arrangements with campuses based on need and has ways of loaning equipment when needed.
Depending on your use case, your WWPF representative will help you to determine what will best suite your needs.
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Each electrocardiogram (ECG) heart screening is interpreted by a pediatric cardiologist or cardiologist volunteering to serve on WWPF's Medical Advisory Team.
These are national and international level experts specifically trained on how to read ECG heart screenings for youth based on the International Criteria.
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Results are returned within 10 business days of the screenings. If special arrangements need to be made, that needs to be agreed upon prior to submitting your screening to the WWPF team.
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Once the ECGs are read by a cardiologist, they will be sent back to the Athletic Trainer/lead contact on the campus.
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WWPF has screened over 350,000 students over the past 15+ years. We are here to help you troubleshoot, find care as needed, and ensure your students get taken care of in the best ways we can.
You are not alone.
Your contact will set up a virtual meeting to walk through everything you need to know about hosting a heart screening event and ensure you are completely comfortable throughout the process. From there, the WWPF team can support with any abnormal flags and ensure everything is provided for adequate follow-up care.
WWPF Pre-Screening Video
Have questions about what to expect at your screening?
Watch this video to know what is going to happen each step along the way. The WWPF team desires for each person being screened to be informed and confident as they arrive at our screening events.
SCA By the Numbers
80%
No Symptoms Prior to SCA Event
1 in 300
Students with a Heart Condition
Cause of Death for Student Athletes
#1
7k of 23k
Annual SCA Attacks in Youth
90%
Death Rate from SCA Event
Since implementing the International Criteria, lower false positive rate
~2%
Cause of Death on School Campuses
#1
ECGs are More Effective at Catching Life-Threatening Heart Defects than a Normal Sports Physical
80% - 96%
Other Ways to Get Involved
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Social Advocacy
The simplest way for you to support our mission is by sharing about us on your social media.
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AED Placement Programs
AEDs assist in life-saving, time-sensitive measures that must be taken when a person has a SCA event. Make sure your community has an AED.
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Physicians
The physicians involved in WWPF help us to read ECGs from our participants and host ECGs in their offices.
