Victoria Eagle

A Professional Reflection on Awareness, Missed Opportunities, and Prevention Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndromes  (SADS) are inherited heart rhythm disorders that can cause sudden cardiac arrest in children and young people. These conditions are clinically challenging: structural heart abnormalities may be absent, symptoms may be intermittent or subtle, and early presentations often overlap with benign explanations. Despite these challenges, the consequences of missed recognition are profound....

This reflection is shared not to alarm, but to gently widen understanding. Because when cardiac channelopathies are recognised, lives are saved.

When we lost Poppy, our world changed forever. She was bright, healthy, and full of life, the kind of young woman who lit up every room. Her sudden death left us devastated, and with one urgent fear...