Amy Porter
Public Speaker - CHD Advocate - Educator
1 in 100 children are born with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD).
50% of those defects are NOT detected prenatally.
Amy’s mission is to teach sonographers and parents about the importance of early detection of CHDs by telling her story and sharing her research to make lasting change.
My non-profit.
Partnered with two of Alberta’s leading fetal and neonatal cardiologists, Amy is working to help diagnose more infants with heart defects across Western Canada.
Sonographer Resources
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Scanning Planes Poster
Courtesy of TinyTickers.org, their poster showing the five scanning planes of the fetal heart is displayed on the walls of scanning rooms across the UK.
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Training Videos
TinyTickers.org has produced six short training videos – fetal anomaly training guides – aimed at helping sonographers detect a series of CHDs.
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Heart Conditions List
Courtesy of TinyTickers.org, A downloadable list of common structural congenital heart defects and possible abbreviations
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The research is clear,
there is a lot of work to do.
Amy has committed countless hours to learning everything she can about CHD in Canada and abroad, and has collected those resources here.
Amy’s story is unique but far too common.
Through public speaking, Amy spreads the word about the importance of early detection of heart defects and what can be done to improve current detection rates.
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