Senate Bill could require heart screenings for Florida student-athletes
Organization sees screenings as common sense
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TAMPA, Fla. â Protecting student-athletes from detectable heart conditions that could cost them their lives. That is the goal of a new bill, Senate Bill 280, that aims to require heart screenings and first aid lessons at the middle and high school levels in the entire state of Florida.
I spoke with the founder of an organization that is one of this bill s biggest champions.
Evan Ernst is the executive director of Who We Play For, which he started after losing one of his high school teammates at the beginning of soccer practice. He was one of unfortunately hundreds of kids who died from a heart condition that is completely preventable if detected early through a screening.