{"id":4049,"date":"2020-01-16T05:34:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T05:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/news\/?p=4049"},"modified":"2021-03-31T00:39:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T19:09:16","slug":"american-heart-association-mercy-health-offer-blood-pressure-screenings-to-lccc-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/american-heart-association-mercy-health-offer-blood-pressure-screenings-to-lccc-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"American Heart Association, Mercy Health offer blood pressure screenings to LCCC staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Source: morningjournal.com<\/p>\n<p>The American Heart Association and Mercy Health are helping Lorain County residents take ownership of their cardiovascular health through hypertension management.<\/p>\n<p>To kick-off the four-month long program, Mercy Health Lorain provided blood pressure screenings Jan. 15 for the staff at Lorain County Community College, at 1005 N. Abbe Road in Elyria.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve partnered with the American Heart Association to help folks by recording and monitoring blood pressure,&#8221; said Beth Bremke, a registered nurse and on-site coordinator\/educator Mercy Occupational Health. &#8220;We will be back over the course of the four months.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"tncms-region-article_instory_top\" class=\"tncms-region hidden-print\">\n<div id=\"tncms-block-1701355\" class=\"tncms-block\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The screenings were held in the second floor of the Spitzer Conference Center.<\/p>\n<p>The program, Check. Change. Control., empowers participants to learn about, monitor and manage blood pressure through a combination of resources.<\/p>\n<p>According to the American Heart Association, high blood pressure, or hypertension, is a major and modifiable risk factor for heart disease and stroke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeart disease remains a leading cause of death in this country and the Check. Change. Control. program helps empower residents to take charge of their heart health,\u201d said Edwin Oley, president of Mercy Health &#8211; Lorain. &#8220;Mercy Health is proud to be partnering with the American Heart Association to help build a healthier community one heart at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a pilot program of Check. Change. Control., implemented by Mercy Health in Cincinnati at Fifth Third Bank, there were 874 participants in the program and 55 percent of them had a first reading fall into the \u201chypertension\u201d category.<\/p>\n<p>Since that initial reading, 48 percent of participants saw an improvement in either their systolic or diastolic reading, the release said.<\/p>\n<p>The American Heart Association and Mercy Health are hoping to see the same positive results with LCCC employees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo single risk factor has more impact on the nation\u2019s death rates from cardiovascular disease than blood pressure,&#8221; said Jennifer Labadie, interim executive director of the American Heart Association in Cleveland. &#8220;Here in the Lorain area, heart disease and stroke are claiming the lives of nearly 800 people every year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cControlling high blood pressure is a key component to improving cardiovascular health and adding quality, healthy years to people\u2019s lives. 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