St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in conjunction with Stephanie (Gobczynski) Uebinger and the Andrew Gobczynski Big Heart Foundation (AGBHF) is providing a free EKG and blood pressure screening for high school athletes on Saturday, November 11th in Effingham. This painless and harmless test is intended to screen for possible undiagnosed heart problems, which in the heat of competition could injure your child. Please note it is not a complete cardiac work up and is only a screening. There will be an RN to perform an electrocardiogram (EKG) and blood pressure. These EKGs will be read by a pediatric cardiologist from SIU who specializes in cardiac care for those under the age of 18.
If you are interested in taking advantage of this opportunity, please reach out to Mrs. VanDyke and she can get you the paperwork needed to fill out prior to showing up that day.