Where to Find Free Health Screenings
We are a HUGE advocate for preventative screenings! Where to find free health screenings is vital to many people and we found one that is fantastic!
This weekend we took a trip to Sam's Club for a free health screening. We heard it took place the 2nd Saturday of every month from 11-3. We wasn't sure how in depth they would be but we figured we hadn't had a check up in quite some time, we needed some groceries anyway, and it couldn't hurt.
Where to Find Free Health Screenings
Many members of our family have high cholesterol and hearing loss. We was a Health Education major in college so we know the importance of early detection.
After picking up a few items and checking out, we meandered over to the hearing aid center. We found several tables with nurses, phlebotomists, and someone else doing a hearing test on another customer. Why not right??!!
Sams Club Free Health Screenings
The form was simple enough to fill out. You could choose whether you wanted a hearing test in addition to the others as well.
There is hearing loss on both sides of our family so better be safe than sorry we thought. We signed up for that as well.
It didn't take much longer than 5 minutes for a seat to free up. A nurse explained that she would screen us for a few things starting with our glucose and total cholesterol. a pin prick on the finger for those tests.
Does Sam's Club do Physicals
Yes they do. We was most interested in our cholesterol since there's a family history of high cholesterol and we do our best to eat healthy.
In the past a simple prick on the finger didn't do it and we had to get our blood drawn to get an accurate #. My bad (LDL) and good (HDL) cholesterol levels were checked too.
Good news. What we are doing must be working because our HDL was way up but our overall # was a bit high so now we know we need to kick up the exercise regime! Next was a quick check of our blood pressure, then it was off to the hearing test.
Preventive Health Services
It was on to the hearing test. First he used a type of camera to look inside our ears, that was cool! There was a screen right in front of us showing the inside of our ear and ear drum…cool. All was ok there so it was on to the hearing test in “the booth”.
We are sure you have done this many times in your life. But it is always good to check your hearing as you age. Unfortunately that is something that tends to decline the older we get. He told us that the free hearing tests are offered at any time.
AND you didn't even need to be a Sam's Club member to take advantage of that screening which is fantastic!
Free Health Screening Events
The last step before leaving was the body fat percentage test…..oh boy. It was easy to do.
This device measured it by gripping the handles and pressing start. Staff members game us a paper with all the stats they gathered, and some coupons for a free sample at the optical department.
Relieved that we had myself checked out so quickly and that everything looked good. We need to increase the # of days we're exercising. We headed off for the rest of our Saturday on the soccer field with our kids. What a great service Sam's Club provides, and every month too!