500+ Women Gather In Temecula For Health Expo

From Temecula Valley Hospital: Temecula Valley Hospital and Southwest Healthcare System, which includes Rancho Springs Medical Center and Inland Valley Medical Center, is proud to announce that over 500 local women joined in the Women’s Health Expo on February 28, 2018 at Pechanga Resort and Casino. This event was sold out with a waiting list!

The event featured education regarding heart, stroke and gynecological health for women. The event was free to attend and lunch was provided to registered participants. Education and resources were available; including free screenings that were available for women to learn their numbers in terms of measurements that put them at risk. Blood pressure and Electrocardiograms (EKGs), a test that tracks the heart’s electrical activity to determine if there are any abnormalities, were offered to attendees.

There were over 40 informational booths that provided education on nutrition and healthy eating education, exercise, smoking cessation, stroke, heart disease, and stress management. American Medical Response (AMR) provided hands-only CPR training. Local businesses attended and offered healthy lifestyle options to attendees.

The lunch portion of the event included local physician speakers including:

1. Benjamin Larson, MD, Gynecological Robotic Surgical Presentation
2. Manila Zaman, MD, Heart/Cardiac Presentation
3. Southwest Healthcare and Temecula Valley Hospital Stroke Coordinators, Stephanie Bricker, MSN RN and Barbara Buesh, MSN RN, Stroke Presentation

All women who attended this informative event received education on their health, including heart disease, stroke, gynecological health, as well as details to empower themselves to make lifestyle changes that may help save their life.

About Temecula Valley Hospital

Temecula Valley Hospital brings advanced technology, innovative programs, patient centered and family sensitive care to area residents. The hospital features 140 private patient rooms; 24 hour a day emergency care; advanced cardiac and stroke care; orthopedics; and general and surgical specialties. For more information, visit www.temeculavalleyhospital.com

About Southwest Healthcare System

Inland Valley Medical Center is the only hospital in the region to offer Level II Trauma Services, Advanced Primary Certified Stroke Center by the Joint Commission, Advanced Certification for Knee and Hip Replacement from the Joint Commission, and is a nationally recognized center for weight-loss surgery by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program. www.inlandvalleymedcenter.com

Rancho Springs Medical Center features the largest Women’s Center in the region which includes the Rady Children’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Rady San Diego: Ranked 5th in the nation for neonatal care), Advanced Primary Certified Stroke Center by the Joint Commission, and the da Vinci © Robotic Surgical System performing the region’s first virtually no-scar single site procedures. www.ranchospringsmedcenter.com

Photos courtesy of Temecula Valley Hospital