Bartow EMS, Cartersville Medical Center Go Red For Women

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Cartersville, GA -- Honoring American Heart Month, Cartersville Medical Center and Bartow County Emergency Medical Service employees wore red to work on National Wear Red Day.

Designated for Friday, Feb. 5, National Wear Red Day allows citizens to show their support for women’s heart disease awareness.

Heart disease strikes someone in the U.S. about once every 34 seconds and claims more lives than all forms of cancer combined. While men are struck with heart disease at a generally younger age, women have a greater risk of death.

For example, according to the American Heart Association:

• 90 percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease;
• Cardiovascular diseases cause one in three women’s deaths each year, killing approximately one woman every minute;
• Women are less likely to call 9-1-1 when they are having symptoms of a heart attack;
• Heart disease kills more women than all forms of cancer combined, but is often undiagnosed; and
• Awareness has helped save more than 627,000 women from heart disease, and 330 fewer are dying per day.

To learn more about an individual’s risk for heart disease, take Cartersville Medical Center’s online heart risk assessment.

By answering a few quick questions, participants immediately receive a digital report with information that allows them to compare their actual age to their heart’s biological age; estimate their risk of developing heart disease over the next 10 to 30 years; and prioritize their most harmful cardiovascular risk factors.

To take the heart risk assessment, simply visit CartersvilleMedical.com/myheartrisk.

For more information about heart disease prevention or for a free physician referral, call MedLine at1-800-242-5662 or visit us at CartersvilleMedical.com.

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Images via Cartersville Medical Center