CA ACR125

Encourages local hospitals, health facilities, and health care providers to partner with high schools to provide free electrocardiogram and echocardiogram screenings for young athletes

Resolution was introduced following the death of Los Gatos High School football player Michael Halpin, who collapsed in December 2008 from an undetected heart defect

Notes that sudden cardiac arrest affects over 450,000 Americans annually and has increased 10 percent among people aged 15-34 in the last decade

Identifies hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) as the most common cardiovascular disorder causing sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes during physical exertion

Cites studies showing EKG and echocardiogram screenings can detect heart abnormalities and reduce sudden cardiac arrest incidents in young athletes