Florida Child Injury Law Blog

Is there a flaw in the free Safebeat EKG testing being offered to Hillsborough County schools through All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg?

According to an online report, some local medical experts think so. 

Cardiologist, Jorge McCormack is exercising caution with the program.  In almost 20 years at Pediatric Cardiology Associates, McCormack says he has seen many children who have life-threatening heart conditions, but EKG’s have not revealed their problem.  The reason?  EKGs won’t detect irregularities of the coronary arteries, the second-leading cause of death in young athletes. Occasionally they’ll pick up on rhythm disorders.

Years ago, Dr. McCormack participated in free cardiac screenings with St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa.  In the program he went to local schools and offered EKG testing to students.  “I went home thinking to myself, ‘I missed something. I told one of those kids that they were fine, and they were not fine.’ ”

For more information on Safebeat please visit the All Children’s Hospital website.

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