Heart Awareness Testing

 We got a couple of cool events coming up at LPD in May. On Thursday May 2, there will be a presentation by cardiologist Dr. Matt Johnson at noon at 575.  For two weeks after the presentation there will be an online assessment tool on the LPD website. During the week of May 20-24 there will be Bryan nurses available for 30 minute appointments in LPD classrooms B and D. All three of these events are free, well somebody pays but it ain't you.

 In June, dates TBA, Bryan will be bringing a semi truck to LPD with some more sophisticated testing available. The point of going through the online assessment and 30 min appointment with a heart nurse is to determine your risk factor. The number of tests you do on the truck is entirely up to you but will range in price from $10-$120. You don't 'have to' do the lunch presentation, appointment or online assessment to do the truck testing but it does help provide a better overall picture of your heart health.

 Here's a couple stats I got from the CDC website:
http://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm

• First of all, heart disease is the #1 killer in the United States.
• 1 in every 4 deaths is due to heart disease, that's 600,000 deaths a year.
• Every year 715,000 Americans have heart attacks. 
• Heart disease costs $108.9 billion in health care expenses and lost productivity.

These are just numbers but what it fails to account for is the human cost.  Unfortunately, this is not a far fetched scenario or hypothetical for us but very much a reality.  I know I have said this before but you owe it to your families and friends to take your health seriously.  LFR recently did this training/testing and as a result at least two employees found out they had potentially life threatening conditions that were treated before they got out of hand.

 But we need LPD employees to show up so we don't waste Bryan's time.  If this still sounds like something you'd like to do please e-mail lpd1143 so we can gauge interest.

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