Medic Lines Up Ways to Love Your Heart
Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) January 31, 2014 -- Medic, the Mecklenburg County EMS Agency, is offering up a full range of activities, tips, and classes to help love your heart and celebrate Heart Month during February.
With heart disease being the leading cause of death among both men and women in the U.S. and with every minute counting for Medic in responding to heart-related emergencies, Heart Month is something Medic strongly supports. Here is a list of ways to help you help your heart!
Daily: Follow Medic on Twitter @MecklenburgEMS or Facebook facebook.com/MeckEMS for a new tip every day on ways to improve your heart health, contests, prizes & more.
Weekly: Visit http://www.medic911.com for instructional videos on CPR, healthy eating, & more.
Feb. 7: National Wear Red Day
Heart disease is the #1 killer of women in the U.S., so Wear Red & raise awareness. Then submit your best & most creative ways you wore red to our Facebook page by midnight for a chance to win great prizes!
Feb. 8: American Heart Association’s 6th Annual Go Red For Women Macy’s Total Makeover
Macy’s Southpark Mall
1-3 p.m.
Call AHA Charlotte for additional info 704.417.5756
Feb. 15: Medic Community CPR/AED Class
Visit http://www.medic911.com/CPR-course-info to register in advance & details
CPR/AED certification
$40
Feb. 15: The Heart of Truth Health Expo
9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Free health screenings, vendors, & more
In partnership with Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
517 Baldwin Ave., Charlotte 28204
Admission is free.
Feb. 27: Did you try one of our tips to make a healthy lifestyle change? If so, submit your story through Medic’s Facebook page or Twitter for a chance to win a great prize!
About Mecklenburg EMS Agency (Medic)
Medic has served as Mecklenburg County’s EMS agency since 1978. Medic is a joint government agency ran by the county of Mecklenburg, Novant Health System and Carolina Healthcare System. Medic is the busiest Emergency Medical Services agency in the State of North Carolina, with close to 500 employees and a fleet of 80 ambulances, mass casualty vehicles, and emergency response assets. Medic responds to more than 120,000 calls into the organization’s 9-1-1 emergency response dispatch center each year.
Web: Medic911.com Twitter: @MecklenburgEMS
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For additional information or questions about Medic, please contact:
Tara Ragan
Public Relations Manager
EM: tarar(at)medic911(dot)com
PH: 704.943.6164 (o) 704.619.3035 (m)
Nikkie Perry, Mecklenburg EMS Agency, 704.943.6178, [email protected]
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