Comments on: Are You at Risk for Heart Disease? http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/06/16/are-you-at-risk-for-heart-disease/ The latest from the FOX News Health team. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:12:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mike Foster http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/06/16/are-you-at-risk-for-heart-disease/#comment-13437 Mike Foster Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:23:42 +0000 http://foxnewshealth.wordpress.com/?p=619#comment-13437 Sudden Cardiac Arrest can strike at any age. We lost our nine year old son John Wesley to SCA Nov 25 2006, he had no symptoms and was a healthy active child. But there was an underlying problem we just didnt know about. Heart screenings in young children perhaps at sports physicals could detect some of these conditions. CPR training and AED's placed in schools and public places is another way to possibly prevent another loss to this silent killer. Please visit John Wesley's website and take the risk assessment for you our your child. WWW.REMEMBERJOHNWESLEY.ORG Sudden Cardiac Arrest can strike at any age. We lost our nine year old son John Wesley to SCA Nov 25 2006, he had no symptoms and was a healthy active child. But there was an underlying problem we just didnt know about. Heart screenings in young children perhaps at sports physicals could detect some of these conditions. CPR training and AED’s placed in schools and public places is another way to possibly prevent another loss to this silent killer. Please visit John Wesley’s website and take the risk assessment for you our your child. http://WWW.REMEMBERJOHNWESLEY.ORG

]]> By: susan Clark http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/06/16/are-you-at-risk-for-heart-disease/#comment-13402 susan Clark Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:12:45 +0000 http://foxnewshealth.wordpress.com/?p=619#comment-13402 The death of Tim Russert and the medical information that has been shared has been particularly interesting to my family. On November 30, 2007 my 25 year old son died unexpectedly from a heart attack. He had passed out at work and I advised him to go to the local fire station and have his blood pressure taken as a precaution. Because his pressure was elevated they recommended that he be transported to a local hospital to be evaluated. He spent about 2 hours in the emergency room. Although he informed them of a family history of heart disease he was released after blood work and EKGs were run. 45 minutes later he had a massive heart attack and died. It is our opinion that emergency rooms need to be more cautious when young adults come into the emergency rooms for evaluations. Our son ( Jack) was slightly overweight. We can't help but think if the hospital had been more proactive and performed further testing the outcome may have been different. The simple diagnosis of syncope is unacceptable. The death of Tim Russert and the medical information that has been shared has been particularly interesting to my family. On November 30, 2007 my 25 year old son died unexpectedly from a heart attack. He had passed out at work and I advised him to go to the local fire station and have his blood pressure taken as a precaution. Because his pressure was elevated they recommended that he be transported to a local hospital to be evaluated. He spent about 2 hours in the emergency room. Although he informed them of a family history of heart disease he was released after blood work and EKGs were run.
45 minutes later he had a massive heart attack and died.

It is our opinion that emergency rooms need to be more cautious when young adults come into the emergency rooms for evaluations. Our son ( Jack) was slightly overweight. We can’t help but think if the hospital had been more proactive and performed further testing the outcome may have been different.
The simple diagnosis of syncope is unacceptable.

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