On Wednesday, Feb. 20th at 5:30 p.m. we will be holding a parent meeting in the study hall room at the Brophy Sports Campus. Among the topics to be discussed will be the summer practice schedule, the summer meet schedule and the upcoming Age Group and Senior State meets that will be hosted by BEST. In addition, there will be an ASU student, Shari Jedinak, RN, BSN, who is doing a study on risk factors identified by the American Heart Association, as being associated with sudden cardiac death in young athletes. This topic is not meant to alarm anyone, it is meant to provide information and help a student complete her study. These are her words explaining her study:
"Recent literature has suggested that increasing screening and identification of risk factors in young adult athletes decreases incidence of sudden cardiac death. This in-service (which will be conducted on Wed. Feb. 20th) will last about 20 minutes.There will be a pre-test before the in-service and a post-test evaluation following a power point presentation. Each of these will take about 5 minutes to complete. The purpose of this in-service is to provide parents with the knowledge and eduction on the twelve risk factors associated with sudden cardiac death in young athletes. This study is being done in accordance with my master's degree program at Arizona State University, and your participation is completely voluntary. Thank you very much for your time, and I look forward to meeting you."
If you have any questions regarding this study you may contact Dave Gibson 602-264-5291 ext.6458 Sandy Lee 602-264-5291 ext.6457or Shari Jedinak480-262-6962. Thank you in advance for your help with this.
