Episode 51: Special Edition: Student athlete screening as it relates to COVID and the COVID Vaccine.

In this special edition episode of Tales From the Heart, Lisa Salsberg and Dr. Matthew Martinez discuss student athlete screening as it relates to COVID and the COVID Vaccine. New Jersey Statue C.18A:40-41.6 clearly communicates the role of student-athlete preparticipation physical examinations. The Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association, HCMA, and other organizations in NJ worked to pass updates to this legislation to ensure all student-athletes are protected from all forms of cardiac complications up to an including sudden cardiac arrest (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) it the most common cause of SCA in the young athletes). The assessment of cardiac arrest risk is a complex area covered in the required state-based training module for all practitioners performing both sports physicals and ‘well-child” exams. It is important to ensure that school boards, school medical oversight providers, coaches, students, and parents are being informed by evidence-based scientifically proven theories and approaches to surveillance.