ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – School leaders in both Orange and Volusia counties on Tuesday voted to require heart screenings for high school student-athletes who plan to play sports during the upcoming academic year.
According to a presentation from AdventHealth that was given during the Volusia County school board meeting, one in 300 student-athletes has a heart condition that could lead to sudden cardiac arrest. [TRENDING: Private school won’t allow vaccine | Musk warns of deadly Mars mission | Look up!
First supermoon of 2021] The hospital system also said that sudden cardiac arrest claims 8,500 young lives each year and is the leading cause of death among student-athletes.