Prepare for a Screening

To ensure health screening accuracy and so that we may easily administer the tests, we ask that you prepare for your appointment with the following guidelines.

Please arrive within 15 minutes of your scheduled preventive health screening time.

• Ultrasound test preparations
• Blood test preparations
• ECG preparations

 Ultrasound Test Preparations

Stroke/Carotid Artery Screening 

• For your health screening, please wear a shirt that is open at the collar and short sleeved.
• No turtlenecks, please.
• You will be asked to get on an exam table and lie on your back.  The technologist will be examining your neck.

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening

• Please wear a comfortable two-piece outfit of loose clothing.
• You must fast for four (4) hours prior to your screening.
• The meal four (4) hours prior to your screening should be a "light meal" (less than 1/2 of what you normally eat of non-gassy food).
• You may have 1/2 cup of coffee or tea during your fasting period and a moderate amount of water if you are thirsty.
• If you take medication, we ask that you take it as prescribed.
• If you are diabetic and are not comfortable fasting for four (4) hours, please limit yourself to a "diabetic meal" (piece of toast, 1 cup of any kind of juice and 1/2 cup coffee or tea).  If you are in doubt, please follow your diabetic care plan.
• You will be asked to get on an exam table and lie on your back.  The technologist will be examining your abdominal area.

Peripheral Arterial Disease Screening

• Please wear a short sleeved shirt or blouse.
• Do not wear pantyhose.
• You will be asked to remove your socks and shoes.
• The technician will be placing blood pressure cuffs on your upper arms and ankles.

Osteoporosis Screening

• Please do not wear pantyhose.
• You will be asked to remove the shoe and sock from one foot.
• Your heel will be placed in a machine that measures bone mineral density.  

Complete Lipid Panel Finger-Stick Blood Test

• You must fast for eight (8) hours prior to your screening.

Glucose Screening

• You must fast for eight (8) hours prior to your screening.

High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP)

• No fasting is required.

ECG Test Preparations

Atrial Fibrilllation Heart Rhythm Screening

• Please do not wear pantyhose.
• You will be asked to roll up your sleeves and roll down your socks
• You will be asked to get on an exam table and lie on your back.
• The technologist will apply four single-use electrodes above your wrists and ankles.