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Firefighter Screening Impact | Hampton Roads Ultrasound
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Firefighter Screening Impact

De-identified aggregate results from our active municipal firefighter screening contracts. This public summary focuses on screening reach, detection yield, and opportunities for preventive follow-up without identifying any municipality, department, station, precinct, or individual participant.

5 Active Municipal Contracts 1,031 Screening Records Aggregate + De-identified
1,031
Screening Records
Across active municipal firefighter contracts
592
Overall Abnormal Classifications
57.5% of records with an overall classification
71
Carotid Stenosis Findings
8.3% of records with documented carotid results
83
Reduced EF Findings
8.8% of records with documented EF data
What the Data Show

Screening Identifies Actionable Findings Across Multiple Health Domains

Our active contracts use cardiovascular and, in selected programs, multi-organ ultrasound screening. Because the scope of each contract differs, condition-specific rates use the records in which that screening component was documented.

Selected Cardiovascular Findings
Abnormal EKG
16.8%
Reduced EF
8.8%
Carotid Stenosis
8.3%
Hyperdynamic EF
6.4%
Selected Multi-Organ Screening Findings
Fatty Liver
24.2%
Thyroid Abnormality
19.1%
Hepatomegaly
17.4%
Thyroid Follow-Up Ultrasound
11.6%
Thyroid FNA Recommended
4.1%

Multi-organ rates use 723 screening records from contracts that included these screening elements.

Public Impact Snapshot

Findings That Can Support Earlier Follow-Up

A screening result is not a final diagnosis. Its value is in identifying findings that may benefit from physician interpretation, primary-care follow-up, risk-factor management, surveillance, or additional diagnostic evaluation.

99

Abnormal EKG Results

Among 590 records with documented EKG data, 16.8% were abnormal.

30

Thyroid FNA Recommendations

Fine-needle aspiration was recommended in 4.1% of multi-organ screening records.

175

Fatty Liver Findings

Detected in 24.2% of multi-organ screening records.

5

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Findings

Five findings were identified among 1,030 eligible screening records, representing 0.49%.

138

Thyroid Abnormalities

Detected in 19.1% of screening records from contracts that included thyroid evaluation.

84

Thyroid Follow-Up Ultrasounds

Recommended to support surveillance or further evaluation when clinically appropriate.

Reportable Aggregate Dataset

These figures are intentionally de-identified and do not include municipality, department, station, precinct, or participant-level information.

Metric Findings Eligible Records Rate
Overall Abnormal Classification 592 1,030 57.5%
Carotid Stenosis 71 860 8.3%
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm 5 1,030 0.49%
Reduced Ejection Fraction (<50%) 83 942 8.8%
Hyperdynamic Ejection Fraction (>75%) 60 942 6.4%
Abnormal EKG 99 590 16.8%
Thyroid Abnormality 138 723 19.1%
Thyroid Follow-Up Ultrasound Recommended 84 723 11.6%
Thyroid FNA Recommended 30 723 4.1%
Fatty Liver 175 723 24.2%
Hepatomegaly 126 723 17.4%
Program Perspective

What These Screening Programs Are Designed to Do

Our screening contracts are intended to create an accessible pathway from screening to physician interpretation and appropriate follow-up. Aggregate data can also help municipal partners identify recurring wellness themes such as blood-pressure control, cardiovascular risk, metabolic health, and the importance of routine primary care.

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Aggregate Firefighter Screening Impact Report · De-identified Public Information