Show Hows How's your blood pressure The District 8 Nurses Association announces that a Blood Pressure Clinic will be beheld beheld beheld held Monday February 7 from 10 am a.m. to 1 pm p.m. at Zions Bank and from pm p.m. to 3 pm p.m. at atthe atthe atthe the Golden Age Center Adreana McDonald registered nurse at Uintah County Hospital is in charge of the clinics and stated that they have been held as a free of charge service to the people of the area in screening potential stroke and heart attack victims Anything that is done through the nurses association is pure public service said Adreana and helping with blood pressure clinics flu shots immunization programs blood banks etc is done without remuneration MRS MCDONALD praised Ralph for his cooperation in behalf of the Golden Age Center in setting up equipment schedules and whatever d Adreana stated that the equipment to record blood pressure stethoscopes pressure cuffs etc was at first sent from Salt Lake City by the Utah Heart Association This was not feasible in that the equipment sometimes arrived after the clinic hours were over So almost one and one half years ago the Heart Association donated the needed items permanently Ed Note Remember that this month when the heart volunteers call People who are found with high blood pressure return periodically to be checked and andare andare andare are referred to their physicians When we first began the program Adreana said people straggled maybe in-maybe 20 in a day The last day of our last clinic people were checked So people are becoming more aware of the need concluded Mrs J McDonald Liz Sow a went to Salt Lake City this past week to be with her husband Glade r |