DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) Awareness Month
Marie Bussey
Updated March, 2014
March is Deep Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month! Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month is a multi-faceted campaign aimed at raising awareness among consumers, healthcare professionals and policy-makers about DVT and PE blood clots on a national and local level. Click here to learn the history of Deep Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month.
Below you will find information on ways that you can help raise awareness of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) awareness (click each title for more information). If you are hosting or know of a DVT Awareness activity, please let me know and I will be happy to list it. You can contact me directly with your DVT Awareness activities at webmaster@clotcare.org
Tell a Friend About Deep Vein Thrombosis
You can help spread awareness of deep vein thrombosis by sending an email to your friends and colleagues. We have created an email form to help you spread the word. Click here to complete the email form to start spreading the word about deep vein thrombosis.
Post Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Fliers
We invite you to help spread awareness by posting fliers about Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month in your clinics and communities. Please only post these fliers in places where you have permission or authority to do so. The flier includes important facts about DVT and ClotCare's Web address so that interested individuals know where to get more information. Click here to download the flier. Note that the flier is a pdf document. If you have any trouble with the download, please let me know at webmaster@clotcare.org.
Share Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Handouts
Click here to download a handout with key facts about deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. You can certainly post this handout as a flier, but it has both a front and a back, so it can serve as a handout, too.
Download the DVT & PE Facts Handout
Horizon Vascular Specialists, a group of vascular surgeons in Maryland, also has shared with us a DVT infographic that they put together for their patients. Feel free to download, print, and share this handout, too!
Download the DVT Infographic
DVT Risk Assessment Tool
Click here to download the DVT risk assessment tool provided by the Coalition to Prevent Deep-Vein Thrombosis. You can complete the DVT risk assessment and share the results with your healthcare provider. Please share the DVT risk assessment tool with your friends and family, too.
DVT Awareness in Motion
The Coalition to Prevent Deep-Vein Thrombosis (DVT) is inviting individuals across the country to get active to help prevent deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE).
DVT Awareness in Motion encourages individuals to stay active even when spending extended time confined to a hospital bed, desk at work, or cramped travel conditions. Click here to download the DVT Awareness in Motion Guide to get instructions on exercises and stretches you can do to help prevent DVT and PE.
DVT Awareness Month PSA
Click on the links below to view recent Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness Public Service Announcements from the Coalition to Prevent DVT. Each video may take a few moments to load.
View the 2009-2010 DVT Awareness PSA
View the 2008 DVT Awareness PSA
View the 2007 DVT Awareness PSA
View the 2006 DVT Awareness PSA
Share Your DVT Awareness Ideas
How are you working to promote awareness of DVT in your community? Please share your ideas with us, and we will share them with others. You may send your ideas to Marie Walker at webmaster@clotcare.org.
DVT Awareness Month Ideas
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Write a letter to your local news stations
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Post DVT Awareness Month fliers in public locations such as libraries, community centers, and local gyms
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Ask your employer to highlight DVT Awareness Month in an internal newsletter
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Let all your friends and family members know (try our Tell a Friend Email)
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