I RECEIVED AN ABNORMAL ECG
Return to Play
What happens following an abnormal ECG and diagnosis? Will my child be allowed to continue to participate in athletics and normal activity?
What if my child is diagnosed with a heart condition?
Most important is close consultation and follow up with a cardiologist expert. Your local physician may refer you. Other resources can be found at:
Patient advocacy groups can also often be helpful in providing information or connection to specialists:
If your child is an athlete, many athletes with cardiac conditions return to play, after assessment and consultation with experts in that condition.
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RETURN TO PLAY PIPELINE
If your student has received an abnormal ECG, this portal will help you to understand the condition they have been flagged with, what your follow up care should look like, and where you can go for follow up with a cardiologist.
Go To Abnormal Portal
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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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Heart Screenings
An ECG is one of the only ways to catch a life-threatening heart defect before SCA occurs. Have you been screened?
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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.
