Operation Heart

Throughout the year you will be hearing about opportunities to volunteer with us at blood glucose and blood pressure screenings.  These events will count towards your required IPPE community health screening hours and are an excellent way to gain patient interaction.  To participate in these screenings though, you must be…

  “More than 2,150 Americans die of cardiovascular disease each day. This is an average of 1 death every 40 seconds.” Approximately 77 million US adults have hypertension, and 13 million are unaware that they have hypertension. About 75% of those who are aware of their condition…