Young Hearts for Life
The Young Hearts for Life (YH4L) Cardiac Screening Program identifies high school and college students at risk for sudden cardiac death. Each week sudden cardiac death claims the lives of more than 60 young adults in the United States.
YH4L, by working with area high schools and colleges, offers ECG testing to all students free-of-charge. To date, over 200,000 students have been screened and hundreds of young adults have been identified with previously unsuspected, life threatening, cardiac conditions.
Screening consists of a quick, simple, painless ECG. Volunteers attach electrodes to the students’ chest and limbs in preparation for the ECG. The ECG machine monitors the electrical activity of the heart and prints out the information about heart rate and rhythm. A trained cardiologist then interprets the printed ECG. The false abnormal rate for our program is less than 2%. This rate is better than the false abnormal rate for most other screenings in healthcare.
Screening takes place during the school day in a private area designated by the school. Screening will take place during the following periods for students (dependent upon student schedule): PE/Health, Study Hall, ROTC, Lunch or otherwise scheduled by school. All you as the parent/guardian need to do is to register your child on line at www.yh4l.org/register – select the REGISTRATION & EVENTS tab / Registration and Results / click for Chicago Region High School Students / scroll down the “I am giving my permission for my child” button and click to complete registration form.
YH4L will be visiting the CHSD218 schools on the following dates:
Harold L. Richards High School, Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Alan B. Shepard High School, Tuesday, October 30th, 2018
Dwight D. Eisenhower High School, Tuesday, April 16, 2018
If you would like to volunteer as a parent helper for this event please click link for your school below:
Richards: 10/9/18 - click here: http://signup.com/go/XYYOezN
Shepard: 10/30/18 - click here: http://signup.com/go/LAuizGS
Eisenhower: 4/16/19 – click here: http://signup.com/go/nxbyAUc
If you have questions regarding this program, please contact your school parent liaison
Richards: Sara Bages [email protected] or Sharon Renken [email protected]
Shepard: Kim Burke [email protected]
Eisenhower: Chevelle Miller [email protected] or Amanda Castillo [email protected]