Blood Pressure Screening
It has recently been recognized that the most important treatment for heart disease is prevention. Heart disease has no obvious signs and unfortunately, for most people the first sign of heart disease is a heart attack or stroke.
Wellness screening helps to detect conditions that may lead to heart disease before they cause a life threatening emergency.
Free Community Clinics
Blood Pressure Clinics
Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services runs free blood pressure clinics on the last Saturday of each month at select firehalls (see schedule). Drop by the fire hall, meet the firefighters and get your blood pressure checked. No appointment is necessary - it only takes a few minutes. Results are reviewed by the firefighter technicians, and each person receives a record card with results you can take to your doctor.
For more information visit the City of Vancouver website
(If you're at the library, check out our very own 'Vancouver Firefighters CPR Certification Manual'. Published by us, it is the manual that we use in our CPR Certification courses. Find it in the 'health' section call # 616.0252 V22a1, or you can reserve it online.)
Upcoming clinics:
Saturday May 25 1-4pm
Firehall Branch Library (Fairview)
1455 West 10th Ave.
Vancouver, B.C. - Directions
No. 7 (Downtown) Firehall
1090 Haro St.
Vancouver, B.C. - Directions
No. 17 (Fraserview) Firehall
7070 Knight St.
Vancouver, B.C. - Directions
Saturday June 29 1-4pm
Firehall Branch Library (Fairview)
1455 West 10th Ave.
Vancouver, B.C. - Directions
No. 7 (Downtown) Firehall
1090 Haro St.
Vancouver, B.C. - Directions
No. 17 (Fraserview) Firehall
7070 Knight St.
Vancouver, B.C. - Directions
Free online risk assessment
Visit The Heart & Stroke Foundation of B.C. and Yukon for more information on heart disease. You can also take free online risk assessments for heart disease and get a personalized action plan for healthy living.
CPR/First-aid Report
If you or somebody you know has used CPR or first-aid skills in a medical emergency, we'd like to know about it. Stepping in to help someone in an emergency is a brave act, and we think that should be recognized.Send us feedback
Please tell us about your experience with our program
