That’s one reason state lawmakers just passed SB 1070, also known as the Second Chance Act. It requires student athletes to get an electrocardiogram to participate in school athletics, including games ...

interscholastic sports. Florida would be the first state to implement a measure like this one. If signed into law, it will require EKGs for students who are participating in interscholastic ...

Common ECG changes due to cardiac adaptation to physical exertion should not cause alarm, and the athlete should be allowed to participate in competitive sports without additional evaluation. Hence, ...

Now, they want to make EKGs mandatory for student-athletes ... and has many parents wondering about their own kids who play sports. In Florida, lawmakers passed a bill in 2021 that requires ...

AdventHealth — a partner of Flagler Schools — recommended integrating cardiac screens, specifically EKGs, into existing pre-participation sports physicals because such screenings have detected ...

SB 1070 aims to combat that — it requires all student athletes in Florida to get an EKG before participating in school sports for the first time. Doctor Jose Martinez Elejalde, the chief medical ...

Nonprofit organization Who We Play For also will provide free EKGs to further examine heart ... students to participate in Florida high school sports. Screenings are available to all student ...

After reading the ECGs, participants received a two-page ECG criteria tool to guide interpretation of the ECGs again. Results A total of 60 physicians participated: 22 primary care (PC) residents, 16 ...