About Go Red

 What is Go Red For Women?

In 2004, the American Heart Association (AHA) faced a challenge. Cardiovascular disease claimed the lives of nearly 500,000 American women each year, yet women were not paying attention. In fact, many even dismissed it as an older man’s disease. To dispel the myths and raise awareness of heart disease as the number one killer of women, the American Heart Association created Go Red For Women, a passionate, emotional, social initiative designed to empower women to take charge of their heart health.

 

What is the goal of Go Red For Women?

 

Go Red For Women encourages awareness of the issue of women and heart disease, and also action to save more lives. The movement harnesses the energy, passion and power women have to band together and collectively wipe out heart disease. It challenges them to know their risk for heart disease and take action to reduce their personal risk. It also gives them the tools they need to lead a heart healthy life.

In 2010, the AHA set a strategic goal of reducing death and disability from cardiovascular disease and strokes by 20 percent while improving the cardiovascular health of all Americans by 20 percent by the year 2020.

 

Based on our own research, a woman who Goes Red:

• follows an exercise routine
• eats healthier diet
• visits her doctor for important tests
• and influences others by talking about heart health.

Source: AHA website

While preventative measures are what we strive for, HealthPro would like to equip you with the skills necessary to save a life in the event of a heart attack.
Sign up for a BLS. First Aid or CPR class today at hpec.org or call 951-279-6110.

Happy 10 Year Anniversary GO RED!

The American Heart Association is celebrating 10 years of Changing Hearts - Happy Anniversary GO RED!

HealthPro is an American Heart Association Authorized Training Center, align your Training Site with us today! Call 951-279-6110 or visit our web site at hpec.org.

10 Ways To Go Red This February

Go Red For Women wants to remind you of some easy ways you can Go Red this year. What does it mean to Go Red? It means supporting women just like you in the fight against heart disease, the No. 1 killer of women. Show your support for women with heart disease to increase funding, education and awareness with these ideas:

10 Ways to Go Red

1. Know Your Heart Score

Learn why it’s important to know your heart score on Go Red. Think you are eating right and getting enough exercise? It takes five minutes to make sure. Take the My Life Check and find out where you stand. You can also take the Go Red Heart CheckUp to get more tailored advice and information to improve your heart health.

2. Live Healthy

Learn new ways to prevent heart disease with heart-healthy recipes, exercises and more on Go Red For Women. Our team of cardiologists, medical and fitness experts and nutritionists offer their advice to women like you for living a healthy lifestyle.

3. Know the Signs of a Heart Attack

Watch Go Red For Women’s “Just a Little Heart Attack” video, starring and directed by Elizabeth Banks, to learn how to identify a heart attack. Learn more about the symptoms of a heart attack and stroke on Go Red.

4. Start Walking

Get moving and start walking by starting or joining a walking club with friends or coworkers with the help of the American Heart Association. Sign up, get resources and even coordinate your group online!

5. Wear Red

Brighten your wardrobe and support women fighting heart disease by wearing red and explaining what Going Red means. You can also get a free Go Red For Women Red Dress Pin on the Go Red website.

6. Host a Wear Red Day Event

Whether at work, school or your club, you can host a Wear Red Day event! Our planning guide, posters and flyers will help you put together a great event.

7. Help Your Community Go Red

Help your community Go Red by becoming a Go Red For Women volunteer and encourage local businesses to support Go Red For Women.

8. Go Red Online

Turn your Twitter or Facebook profile picture red using our Red Dress image. Or change your cover image on Facebook to one of our beautifully designed Red Dress cover images.

9. Shop for the Cause

There’s never been a better reason to shop online! Go to ShopHeart to purchase products, apparel and more that features the Go Red or American Heart Association logo. One hundred percent of our net proceeds goes toward education about heart disease and stroke.

10. Support Go Red

Create a fundraising page as an individual or for a group. Improve your health, set an example and get friends, colleagues and family involved by attaching your fundraiser to an activity, like an upcoming run or walk in your community. You can also donate to directly contribute to Go Red.
We look forward to seeing what you come up with! Learn even more ways to Get Involved on Go Red For Women.

HealthPro has locations in the Inland Empire and Orange County. Check out our schedule to sign up for a class today at hpec.org or give us a call at 951-279-6110.

Go Red - New York Fashion Week Goes Red to raise awareness about Heart Disease in Women

Leading heart groups unite for New York Fashion Week

Journalist Savannah Guthrie wears Carolina Herrera.

Heart health and high fashion are once again teaming up to raise awareness about women’s heart during the upcoming New York Fashion Week.
This year, the American Heart Association and the National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute (NHLBI) are for the first time teaming up for a Feb. 6 runway show featuring the Go Red For Women / The Heart Truth Red Dress Collection.
Go Red For Women is the American Heart Association’s national movement to end heart disease, the leading cause of death in women.  The Heart Truth is the NHLBI’s national campaign for women about heart disease. The dress icon was created by The Heart Truth and has helped Go Red For Women earn international recognition.
“The Heart Truth has played a seminal role in nationwide efforts to raise awareness of heart disease in women, and Go Red For Women is proud to work together toward our shared goal of improving women’s heart health,” said Nancy Brown, chief executive of the American Heart Association.

The Red Dress Collection has been the official start to Fashion Week since 2003.
Celebrities such as Toni Braxton, Jennie Garth and Felicity Huffman have walked the runway wearing fashions from top designers such as Zac Posen, Badgley Mischka, Nicole Miller and Tadashi Shoji.
Source: American Heart Association

HealthPro offers the highest quality classes at the lowest prices. Call us at 951-279-6110 or check out our web site at hpec.org for course information.

Go Red

by the Go Red For Women Editors

Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, killing more women than all forms of cancer combined. So we’re making it our No. 1 health priority. And joining Go Red for Women. Here’s what it means to Go Red:

G: GET YOUR NUMBERS

Ask your doctor to check your blood pressure and cholesterol.

O: OWN YOUR LIFESTYLE

Stop smoking, lose weight, exercise, and eat healthy.
It’s up to you. No one can do it for you.

R: REALIZE YOUR RISK

We think it won’t happen to us, but heart disease kills one of three women.

E: EDUCATE YOUR FAMILY

Make healthy food choices for you and your family.
Teach your kids the importance of staying active.

D: DON’T BE SILENT

Tell every woman you know that heart disease is our No. 1 killer.
Raise your voice here at GoRedForWomen.org.
Watch Go Red For Women’s Real Women from 2013 share what it means to Go Red.

Source: AHA

Check out HealthPro's January schedule and sign up for a class today at hpec.org!

Two Steps To Save a Life

Hands-Only CPR

Hands-Only CPR can be as effective as CPR with breaths. Follow the link to watch the demo video and learn how to save a life in 60 seconds.

Start the New Year off right and sign up for a life saving CPR class at HealthPro today! Check out our course schedule at hpec.org or call 951-279-6110.

PHTLS

PHTLS courses improve the quality of trauma care in your area and decrease mortality. The program is based on a pre-hospital trauma care philosophy, stressing the treatment of the multi-system trauma patient as a unique entity with specific... needs. This may require an approach to the trauma patient that varies from traditional treatment modalities. PHTLS promotes critical thinking as the foundation for providing quality care. It is based on the belief that, given a good fund of knowledge and key principles, EMS practitioners are capable of making reasoned decisions regarding patient care. The PHTLS course is continuously updated and revised to keep up with the advances in the field, ATLS Guidelines and feedback from PHTLS participants.
Call HealthPro at 951-279-6110 to find out about our next PHTLS Course, you can also go to our website at http://hpec.org/ to see our calendar.