b'Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the Young NationalProject ADAM of South FloridaSymposiumSudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) in children and young Every three days, a child in the U .S . dies fromadults is a devastating event that represents 75 malignant arrhythmias related to a congenital, acquiredpercent of all fatalities during sports . The incidence or heritable condition . This became a reality for theof SCA in the young is widely debated and unreliable Mobasselah family when their son died suddenly fromdue to the highly variable reporting systems that rely a heart condition, Wolff Parkinson White syndrome.largely on media reports . The reported survival rate His normal heart rhythm went into a supraventricularfrom arrest to discharge from the hospital is reported tachycardia that degenerated into rapidly conductingto be around 15 percent in many communities . pre-excited atrial fibrillation and then deterioratedIn 2017, Florida schools had a 4 percent survival rate into ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac death.after sudden cardiac arrest on campus . Concern related To raise awareness of hidden heart ailments within thethe lower-than-average survival in Florida was the medical community, the Mobasselah family generouslyinspiration to develop Project ADAM in South Florida . funds the biannual Sudden Cardiac Arrest in theThe goal of this program is to train school faculty Young Symposium, hosted by Nicklaus Childrenson how to recognize and respond to SCA, including Heart Program . The second symposium, held in 2019,provision of on CPR/AED . A goal is to reduce the arrest was under the direction of Dr. Ronald Kanter andto defibrillation time to less than four minutes for all Melissa Olen, APRN . It featured more than 20 nationalvictims . Once training is complete, the intent is that experts in the areas of electrophysiology and suddenthe program becomes self-sustaining through ongoing cardiac arrest . These symposium focus on communitysemi-annual drills and AED maintenance through the awareness; screening surveillance; diagnosis,schools cardiac response teams . Through education treatment and management and newer scientificand training, school-based AED programs have research in this population . improved the survival rate of out-of-hospital arrest survival to discharge to a reported 67 percent (Drezner et . al) . Programs such as Project ADAM will improve recognition of SCA by school staff, and will result in an increased likelihood of providing early CPR and early defibrillation in the management of SCA. Nursing Annual Report 2018 - 2019 33'