High Blood Pressure Case Studies

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The American Heart Association (AHA) is focused in decreasing the negative impacts that high blood pressure has on society. According to the AHA, high blood pressure costs the United States approximately $46 billion annually in healthcare costs, and lost productivity in the workplace (American Heart Association, 2015). Also, nearly 80 million people in the United States suffer from high blood pressure, which is defined as having blood pressure greater than 140/90 mm/hg. This means that these people are at higher risk for other health conditions such as heart attack and stroke. “Target BP” is an initiative between the American Medical Association, and the American Heart Association to help reduce the number of people suffering from high blood …show more content…

The American Heart Association has described how large the problem is, and local EMS has shown that the problem is pervasive in our own community. The costs for this single problem are staggering, and there is a relatively easy fix (American Heart Association, 2015). Therefore, the mobile screening unit will be used to seek out those people who have until now been undiagnosed. Once people who meet the criteria for high blood pressure are located and screened by providers in the mobile clinic, they will also receive education while in the unit on the dangers of high blood pressure, and referral to local health care providers who can provide long term care to assure that the problem is treated and remains under control. To summarize, the purpose of the mobile health unit is screening, education, and …show more content…

According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (2014), any driver who operates a vehicle with a gross combination weight of 26,001 pounds or more requires a Class B commercial driver’s license. The vehicle specified for the mobile health clinic has a weight rating of 30,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating.

Obtaining appropriate licensing to operate a mobile health clinic is dependent upon state regulations, and vary by state. In conducting research for this proposal it was noted that some states had very strict guidelines for establishing a mobile medical clinic, while others were very difficult to find anything related to a mobile medical clinic, yet they had plenty of regulations relating to mobile food trucks (which was the case for Lopes County). For the purpose of providing an immediate example, the State of California has some regulation on what is required to operate a mobile health

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