Scott Stephens signed off on the forms every year. He checked the “no” boxes when asked whether his son Cody had any previous heart episodes. He signed the...
He checked the “no” boxes when asked whether his son Cody had any previous heart episodes. He signed the bottom line authorizing him to play.
A decade after the UIL introduced new protocols to increase the awareness about Sudden Cardiac Arrest that outlines the causes and symptoms of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, the leading cause of sudden death in young athletes. It requires a parent or guardian to sign the document before any high school athlete can participate in a UIL season.for all athletes that asks a series of questions about medical history and must be completed annually by a guardian.
“Are there kids selecting that box and checking the word yes and then it gets ignored? Probably,” Stephens said. “But that’s a message of ‘Hey, we want this for our student. Give us time to go get it.’” “When you have an event witnessed, you have an emergency action plan in place and you have an AED that’s placed on the victim in 1 to 3 minutes, you can have a cardiac arrest survival rate of about 90% or even greater,” Stearns said.
For districts that have a detailed plan in place, Stearns said their chances of saving lives are quite high.
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