>>JENNIFER WAUGH: ALL CHILDREN ALL CHILDREN SHOULD BE SCREENED FOR POSSIBLE HEART RELATED
CONDITIONS. THAT’S ACCORDING TO
NEW GUIDELINES JUST RELEASED
THIS WEEK FROM THE AMERICAN
ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS.
IT SAYS THAT THE SCREENINGS ARE
VITAL FOR CHILDREN AND NOT JUST
THOSE WHO
PLAY SPORTS. SO THE GUIDELINES
SAY THAT SCREENINGS ARE
PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR
CHILDREN AS THEY ENTER MIDDLE
SCHOOL IT ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT
THEY ARE INCORPORATED IN
REGULAR EXAMS EVERY 2 TO 3
YEARS AT LEAST
AND THE DOCTORS SHOULD
RECOMMEND AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
IF THERE IS
A CONCERN JOINING ME THIS
MORNING VIA ZOOM IS DOCTOR
RANDY THORTON HES A
PEDIATRICIAN WITH
WILSON CHILDREN’S AND
JACKSONVILLE PEDIATRICS, GOOD
MORNING DOCTOR THANKS FOR
JOINING US AGAIN APPRECIATE IT.
LITTLE BIT ABOUT FIRST OF ALL FOR OUR VIEWERS, NOT FAMILIAR HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN SUDDEN
CARDIAC DEATH.
>> WELL ONE OF THE SCARIEST
THINGS PARENTS
CAN EVER ENCOUNTER IS THEIR
CHILD JUST COLLAPSES FOR NO
APPARENT
REASON THERE. YOU KNOW THE
CLASSIC THINGS THERE ON THE
BASKETBALL COURT TO THE
FOOTBALL FIELD AND JUST FOR
JUST A
SCARIEST OUT.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND
FREQUENTLY SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
RESULTS IN DEATH IF CPR OR AN
AD IS NOT USED IMMEDIATELY.
>> CORRECT IT’S THE FASTER WE
CAN RESPOND TO THE THE
BETTER SO HAVING THAT
AVAILABILITY OF AN ATV OR CPR
HAVING PEOPLE
KNOW CPR IS CRITICAL BECAUSE IT
CAN SAVE THE LIKE THE EARLIER
THE BETTER. EVEN IF PEOPLE I
DON’T
KNOW CPR IS AT LEAST CALL 9 ONE
RIGHT 911 RIGHT AWAY AND
THEN START CHEST COMPRESSIONS
IT DOES IT DOES HELP EVEN IF
THEY’RE
NOT TRAINED.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND I THINK
THAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO POINT
OUT THAT SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
IS
IT IS IS UNUSUAL IN YOUNG
ADULTS AND IN CHILDREN, BUT THE
REALITY IS IS ONE IS JUST TOO
MANY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR
PRECIOUS CHILDREN.
>> THAT’S CORRECT THAT’S
WHY IT’S SO TO START SCREAMING
CHILDREN BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY
WE CAN FIND OUT AND START
ASKING THE
QUESTIONS SO AND THE YOU KNOW
FOR US WE ALWAYS JUST
CONCENTRATED ON ATHLETES
AND NOW THE RECOMMENDATION IS
TO SCREEN EVERYBODY WITH
QUESTIONS SUCH AS HAVE YOU
EVER FAINTED HAVE YOU EVER HAD.
JUST PAIN WITH EXERCISE IS
THERE A FAMILY HISTORY OF POP
IS THERE A FAMILY HISTORY OF
SUDDEN DEATH, ESPECIALLY UNDER
AGE 50 OR
IS THERE A FAMILY HISTORY OF
CERTAIN HEART
CONDITIONS SO BY ASKING THESE
QUESTIONS WE CAN CERTAINLY
ADVANCE AND SPRING THOSE
CHILDREN FORUM.
FOR PROBLEMS.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: IT’S
INTERESTING BECAUSE THE
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
REALLY JUST RELEASED THIS I
THINK THE SIGNIFICANT PARTIES
ALL CHILDREN, NOT JUST
ATHLETES, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A
NO-BRAINER RIGHT IT MAKES YOU
WONDER, I MEAN HAVE
PEDIATRICIANS REALLY NOT BEEN
ASKING THESE QUESTIONS
PREVIOUSLY.
>> WELL WE
HAVE AND IT’S REALLY BEEN THE
EMPHASIS HAS BEEN ON ATHLETES
BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE WE ALWAYS
ASSUME THE PROBLEM
WAS BUT IF THERE IS A FAMILY
HISTORY OF PROBLEMS SUCH AS
CARDIAC IT WITH ME ABNORMAL
HEARTBEAT CAN BE DETECTED
EASILY ON AN
IF THAT IS IN THE FAMILY, THE
CHILDREN OUGHT TO BE SCREENED
BECAUSE IT COULD LEAD TO
PROBLEMS OR IF THERE IS A KNOWN
HEART CONDITION EVERY CHILD OUT
OF THE SCREEN. AND THE THING TO
BE AWARE IS
CHILDREN THAT HAVE PASSED OUT
OR FAN AND ARE
NOT NECESSARILY THAT IS NOT THE
SHOW DUE TO A HEART CONDITION
COULD JUST BE AN OVERHEATED OR
DEHYDRATED, BUT
THOSE ARE THE ONES WE REALLY
WANT TO INVESTIGATE AND MAKE
SURE THAT IT IS NOT
THE HEART.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND I THINK
THAT 1, 1, OF THE RECENT FELT
SO STRONGLY ABOUT HAVING YOU ON
THE SHOW IS THAT SO MUCH OF
THIS IS ALSO ABOUT IT REMINDING
THE PARENTS ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE COMMUNICATION
THEY NEED TO HAVE WITH THEIR
SON
OR DAUGHTER TO MAKE SURE THAT
THAT SON OR DAUGHTER IS TELLING
THEIR PARENT.
SO THE PARENT CAN BRING THIS UP
DURING DURING YOU KNOW ANY KIND
OF EXAM BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME
KIDS WHO ARE SO
WORRIED ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO
PLAY BECAUSE THEY MIGHT SAY
SOMETHING AND THEIR MOM OR DAD
WILL KEEP HIM OUT OF THAT GAME
AND THE REALITY IS THEY’VE GOT
TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
>> THAT IS SO TRUE
IF THE IF THE KIDS WILL ONLY
TELL THE PARENTS IT’S
A PROBLEM. IT CAN BE
INVESTIGATED AND MANY TIMES IT
TURNS OUT TO BE NOTHING AND
PERFECTLY FINE BUT.
AND OTHER TIMES IT IS SO
IMPORTANT TO PICK
THIS UP AND TO HAVE THEM TESTED
AND PERHAPS REFERRED TO THE
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGIST.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND IT’S A
SIMPLE EXAM THE
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM HAD TO HAVE
THIS FOR MY CHILD WHEN HE
FAINTED AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE
NOTHING BUT THE REALITY IS IS
NOW YOU KNOW RIGHT AND AND YOU
KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE TO WORRY.
>> SHE DID SHE FAINTED AT THE TENNIS MATCH AND IT SCARED US IT TURNED OUT SHE JUST NEEDED
TO DRINK MORE, BUT IT CAN
HAPPEN AND IT’S WORTH
INVESTIGATING BECAUSE IT COULD