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Screenings

Employee Wellness Screenings

Wellness screenings can help you to identify protective and risk factors in regards to your health. Employees will be provided with results and health information via inter-office mail.

Boise State employees individual screening data will be kept confidential and only used for the stated purpose of the screening program. Data collected will not adversely affect an employee's status, salary or other benefits. Aggregate data collected will only be used for program planning and evaluative purposes.

Screening Offerings

Cardiac Risk Panel (12 hours of fasting required)
Body Composition/Heart Rate/Blood Pressure
Chair Massage

Fee: $25 You may receive a Cardiac Risk Panel without a doctor's approval. However, you will need to have a doctor's written order for any of the following blood work. It is best to consult your physician to determine what test(s) you need.

$25.00 PSA-Prostate Screening
$10.00 CBC-Complete Blood Count
$20.00 HCRP-Highly Sensitive CRP
$15.00 TSH-Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
$10.00 Iron

Students: Cardiac Risk Panel screenings are only for employees. Students can receive this service by making an appointment (208-426-1459) with a University Health Services medical provider.

See Calendar of Events for screening dates and times.

Body Composition

A three-site body composition test using skin fold calipers. Body composition refers to the relative percentages of body weight comprised of fat mass and fat-free or lean body mass. Participants leave with an explanation sheet of body composition and guidelines for healthy ranges.

Cardiac Risk Panel

For your Cardiac Risk Panel, you are required to fast for 12 hours. A Cardiac Risk Panel is a complete blood chemistry analysis used to identify potential risk factors for cardiovascular disease. This process also assesses cholesterol and glucose levels.

A Cardiac Risk Panel consists of a Comprehensive Metabolic Panel and Lipid Profile.

Heart Rate
Resting Heart Rate is a person's heart rate at rest. Maximum Heart Rate is the highest number of times a human heart can contract in one minute. Target Heart Rate Range is a desired range of heart rate reached during aerobic exercise which enables one's heart and lungs to receive the most benefit from a workout.

We will help you determine your resting heart rate. From there, we determine your maximum heart rate and an appropriate heart rate range for you to work out in. You will leave with a better understanding of how working out in certain heart rate ranges will affect your program.

Hypertension Screening
Campus health care providers will conduct blood pressure measurements and advice in regards to results.

Blood Pressure is the measure of the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the arteries. When the heart contracts to pump out the blood, pressure is at its highest (systolic pressure). After pumping, the heart relaxes and the pressure drops to its lowest point (diastolic pressure). A person's measurement of blood pressure is always reported systolic over diastolic.

Mobile Mammogram Service

See Calendar of Events for mobile mammogram dates and times.

Twice a year, St. Luke's Regional Medical Center and Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center roll onto campus. This on-the-job-site service allows quick and convenient access to mammography, one of the best means to early detection of breast cancer.

American Cancer Society Recommendations for Early Breast Cancer Detection:

Women age 40 and older should have a screening mammogram every year, and should continue to do so for as long as they are in good health.

Women should be told about the benefits, limitations, and potential harms linked with regular screening. Mammograms can miss some cancers. However, mammograms despite its limitations, remains a very effective and valuable tool for decreasing suffering and death from breast cancer.

Mammograms for older women (over age 65) should be based on the individual, her health, and other serious illnesses. Age alone should not be the reason to stop having regular mammograms. As long as a woman is in good health and would be a candidate for treatment, she should continue to be screened with mammography.

Women in their 20s and 30s should have a clinical breast examination (CBE) as part of a periodic (regular) health exam by a health professional preferably every 3 years. After age 40, women should have a breast exam by a health professional every year. There may be some benefit in having the CBE shortly before the mammogram. The exam should include instruction for the purpose of getting more familiar with your own breast. Women should also be given information about the benefits and limitations of CBE and BSE (breast self-examination). Breast cancer risk is very low for women in their 20s and gradually increases with age. Women should be told to promptly report any new breast symptoms to a health professional.

Source: American Cancer Society

**Breast Cancer Risk Assessment**