6A • May 29, 2015 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com
Program offers youth free heart screenings
Oregon Logging
Conference fundraiser
brings in more than
$10,000 for program
By Katherine Lacaze
Seaside Signal
Providence Health and
Services is asking par-
ents to play it safe by get-
ting their children’s hearts
checked, and they have
the opportunity to do so
through the healthcare
organization’s free Play
Smart Youth Heart Screen-
ings program that recent-
ly has been offered on the
North Coast.
Providence held its third
heart screening event at
the coast from 4 to 7 p.m.,
May 20, at Astoria’s Prov-
idence Heart Clinic, 1355
Exchange St.
The Play Smart program
is for people 12 to 18. Car-
diologists will give pain-
less, noninvasive screen-
ings to teenagers to check
their heart health. The free
screening includes an elec-
trocardiogram, blood pres-
sure reading and height and
weight check. If the results
show a potential problem,
students can get a free
echocardiogram.
“We are trying to pre-
vent heart disease by iden-
tifying risk factors in kids,”
but the screenings are used
to help detect and diagnose
a number of potential car-
diac issues, Hibsch said.
The program received
about $10,800 as a do-
nation from the Oregon
Logging Conference’s an-
nual Ladies’ Desserts for
Dreams fundraiser held
as part of the conference
in Eugene in February.
Judy Nygaard, the wife of
then OLC President David
Nygaard, chose Play Smart
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her family has a personal
connection to issue.
On June 12, 1998,
15-year-old
Andrew
Nygaard, a swimming and
track standout who had re-
cently graduated from As-
toria Middle School, died
suddenly of heart problems
during a swim practice for
the North Coast Swim Club
in Seaside. Multiple tests
conducted after his death
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cause, but it was related
to a cardiac problem, Judy
Nygaard said.
Andrew’s death was
unexpected – he was phys-
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ent medical issues. He was
doing light dry land drills
when his death occurred.
Judy Nygaard said she was
on her way to pick up her
son when she received the
call. She is now an advo-
cate for youth heart screen-
ings.
“I think people just
don’t know how important
this is,” she said. “When
it comes to the heart, it
doesn’t matter if your child
at more than 60 school and than 18 must get a parent’s
community based events, or guardian’s signature
and the screenings have since it’s a medical proce-
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dents that needed further encourages all people who
assessment and treatment work with youth to send
Judy Nygaard, Oregon Logging Conference fundraiser
of various cardiac issues. out reminders about the
Sometimes personnel from screenings through emails,
other healthcare organiza- newsletters and other
is active or healthy or phys- Feb. 4 in Astoria. Between tions will volunteer for the means.
In other areas served
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screened, because for us, dents were served. Of the
Hibsch works with by Providence, such as the
there weren’t any warning 123 students screened, 95 school nurses to get them Portland-metro area, the
signs.”
were in the normal range engaged and to disseminate screenings are sometimes
Even when children for their age; two were information to students offered directly in schools.
“We do have plans
have physical examina- recommended to get the about the screenings. For
tions prior to participation additional echocardiogram the North Coast screenings, in the future to have the
in sports, they don’t in- screening for more infor- she has worked with the screenings at one of the
clude heart screenings. Un- mation; and 26 were iden- Astoria, Knappa, Seaside high schools” on the North
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it’s just a matter of select-
to cardiac issues, if medical blood pressures.
tricts.
attention is reactive rather
All the youth received
“We’re going to have ing which school and pro-
than preventative, it’s too the results of their screen- another push to try to drive moting the event.
Each screening takes
late, Judy Nygaard said.
ings, Hibsch said. Those awareness in the schools”
As the wife of the con- who had elevated blood before the May 20 event, about 10 minutes. Youth
and their families will re-
ference president, she was pressure were given rec- she said.
responsible for planning ommendations for further
One of the biggest chal- ceive the results in about
the Desserts for Dreams care and treatment with lenges for the hospital is to two weeks. For more in-
fundraiser. She selected a their healthcare practi- get information to parents formation or to schedule
sports theme, given that tioners. Dr. Robert Morse, about the screenings so an appointment, call 503-
the screenings are partic- a cardiologist, followed up they will bring their chil- 216-6800 or visit www.
ularly targeted toward stu- with parents and did phone dren or sign consent forms p l a y s m a r t g e t s c r e e n e d .
dent athletes. Her daughter, consultations to give rec- for their children to be org. Consent forms can be
Melissa Svensen, helped ommendations.
screened. Anyone younger found online.
with decorations. About
Providence Health &
40 community businesses Services started its Play
donated desserts for the Smart program in June
event. In donating the mon- 2012. The screenings have
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Smart, Judy Nygaard’s Hibsch said.
only request was that they
“It’s one of those things
would offer screenings at where everybody bene-
the North Coast.
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The hospital held two no down side to screening
prior Play Smart events in kids.”
the area on Jan. 21 at Provi-
To date, more than 6,000
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dence Seaside Hospital and youth have been screened
‘I think people just don’t know
how important this is…’
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Providence is expand-
ing health care services to
better serve the commu-
nities of the north coast
by offering ear, nose, and
throat specialty care. Oto-
laryngologist Christopher
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seeing patients in July
at Providence Medical
Group-Seaside.
Dr. Nyte received his
medical degree at the A.T.
Still University School of
Osteopathic Medicine in
Kirksville, Mo. He com-
pleted his residency at
Northeast Regional Medi-
cal Center in the same city,
followed by an aesthetic
plastic surgery fellowship
at Southcenter Cosmetic
Surgery, in Seattle, Wash.,
and at the Newman Cos-
metic Surgery Center in
Philadelphia, Pa.
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and his other specialties
include plastic and recon-
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idence Seaside Hospital,
725 S. Wahanna Road,
Seaside. For information,
call (503) 717-7060.
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