Theresa Mago and Julie West are on a mission to make sure no other moms have to experience the deaths of their children from Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
INDIANAPOLIS — Two Hoosier moms are fighting to raise awareness of the risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest on behalf of their late sons.
Theresa says through the pain of Zac's sudden passing, they searched for answers, and thought for sure it would not be his heart.Theresa says since his death, she has learned that kids, especially student-athletes, should be screened as they grow because their bodies change. She says that week she looked into how to start a nonprofit to provide these types of screenings to student athletes all across the state and three years ago, Play Heart Smart was founded and now her home office is in Fort Harrison.
She says for the first time in two years of hosting these clinics, they had zero no shows after the Hamlin case. Jake was a young athlete and full of joy. He was a loving son, brother and friend who loved being outdoors."He just was finishing up running a football play and he collapsed and went into sudden cardiac arrest," says Julie. By the time she got to the school he was in the ambulance."Come to find out, one of the coaches stepped in and did CPR, but the AED was not on the field and it was in the coach's office.
"There's so much that schools are confronted with," says Kean. He says some schools are very eager to get AEDs and put action plans into place. But others don't make it a priority at this time."So it really is all over the place." Through its efforts, The Play For Jake Foundation partners with schools to provide heart screenings for its students, as well as to raise funds and awareness around the importance of AEDs.
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