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HealthWISE is a community education and corporate health service of Citizens Medical Center. Through educational programs and preventive screenings, HealthWISE helps build healthy individuals, healthy families, healthy employees, and, thus, a healthy community.

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HealthWISE community education programs include: American Heart Association Adult/Child and Infant CPR, American Heart Association Basic and Pediatric First Aid, SIDS and Shaken Baby Syndrome Class, Safe Sitter Babysitting Class, Mended Hearts - Cardiac Support Group, Sweet Talkers Lunch Bunch - Diabetes Support Group, Diabetes Self-Management Class, Be WISE with HealthWISE quarterly speaker series, and HealthWISE Moments.

For more information on HealthWISE public offerings please call HealthWISE at 578-WISE (9473).

HealthWISE Corporate Services
HealthWISE also offers comprehensive corporate health programs. Each business is different so programs are designed to meet your specific needs. HealthWISE corporate services include: Pre-employment and annual physicals and screenings (basic, DOT, job-specific), Post-accident and random drug and alcohol screening, Private safety classes - CPR, First Aid, and Bloodborne Pathogens, Citizens HealthPlex Corporate Partnerships, Corporate Health Fairs, and Wellness Programs.

For more information about HealthWISE corporate services please call HealthWISE at 578-WISE(9473).

HealthWISE Education Schedule

HealthWISE Safety Classes

Support Groups and Classes

Cardiac Education
These classes offer useful information on low-fat, low cholesterol eating, cardiac medication, cardiac risk factor modification, and exercise to help you prevent or manage coronary artery disease. Cardiac classes are available in an interactive format at hospitals in Port Lavaca, Hallettsville, Cuero, and Refugio. Call the Education Department at 572-5064 for more information on interactive cardiac education.

Mended Hearts Support Group
The support group is for those who have had heart surgery and their spouses. Meetings are held the third Wednesday of the month at the Citizens HealthPlex from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Please call to register and to order the optional lunch for a minimal fee of $5 per person. For further information and questions please call Shawnee Pizalate at 574-1753, extension 1109 or e-mail her at shester@cmcvtx.org.

Diabetes Education
Diabetes Education classes focus on giving the participants information about managing their diabetes through meal planning, exercise, blood glucose monitoring, and medication, if needed. These classes, offered monthly, are taught by a Registered Dietician and a Diabetes Education RN. Please contact the Education Department at 572-5064 for more information.

To register or for more information please call Janice Bryand, Diabetes Educator at 572-5064. These classes offer useful information regarding medical and insulin administration, exercise, complications, and American Diabetes Exchanges to help your life with diabetes.

Winter 2006

Spring 2005