Have Your Blood Pressure Checked and Be Part Of World-Record Try In Pleasant Hill

News from Carrington College:

In observance of National High Blood Pressure Education Month in May, Carrington College’s 18 campuses nationwide -- including the one in Pleasant Hill -- will attempt to earn GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the most blood pressure tests given in an eight-hour period.

The event is free to the public and will be held Thursday, May 21 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Students will be on hand providing blood pressure checks to all members of the community. Carrington College staff will be available to provide information on the risks of developing high blood pressure and its associated dangers, and methods to combat high blood pressure.

To break the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS current record, Carrington students will have to take more than 26,450 blood pressures nationwide in an eight-hour period. The current record was set in India by V Senthilbalaji.Carrington has set a goal to provide 26,451 blood pressure tests within eight hours.

The American Heart Association estimates that more than78 million people in the United States have high blood pressure, but because it is symptom-free, half don’t even know it.

Carrington College is at 380 Civic Drive, Suite 300, in Pleasant Hill.