Police officer life expectancy is almost 22 years less than the lives of the civilians they serve and protect.1
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The goal of Sigma Tactical Wellness is to identify individual officers who are at high risk for a cardiac event. Our cutting-edge and proven technology can substantially reduce the disastrous and often expensive consequences of heart attack and stroke.
Sigma Tactical Wellness has pioneered a novel system of cardiometabolic screening which incorporates advanced cardiovascular biomarker detection, vascular imaging, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing to identify coronary disease well before a cardiac event occurs.
Sigma brings the program to you by deploying within your department to increase convenience for your personnel and to eliminate time spent driving to and from medical facilities.
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Sigma has developed a state-of-the-art comprehensive cardiac screening evaluation designed to detect the early stages of cardiovascular disease before a heart attack or stroke develops. The screening consists of non-invasive vascular imaging, as well as inflammatory biomarker analysis which has been proven to be superior to traditional cardiovascular screening methods or even coronary artery calcium scoring.
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The average life expectancy for an officer is almost 22 years less1 than the civilians whom they serve and protect. Year after year, heart disease is identified as one of the top killers of men and women in uniform. Our program has been designed to detect heart disease in both male and female first responders of all ages.
Average age of patient with heart attack1
46 years
65 years
Heart attacks under age 451
45%
7%
Average life expectancy1
57 years
79 years
Greater than 90% of officers who are at high risk for heart attack are missed by traditional screening methods.2
24% of our officers who tested positive for pre-clinical heart disease were less than 40 years old.2
Of police officers are OBESE, which is 8% above the general population.3
Number of monthly pension payments paid to an officer upon retirement prior to death.5
1John M. Violanti, Tara A. Hartley, et al., “Life Expectancy in Police Officers: A Comparison with the U.S. General Population,” International Journal of Emergency Mental Health 15, no. 4 (2013): 217–28.
2 Sheinberg et al, “Liposomal Associated Phospholipase A2 is More Effective in Predicting Cardiac Risk in Law Enforcement Than Framingham Risk Score and Coronary Artery Calcium Score Calculation”. JOEM, PAP Jan 2, 2024.
3 (Univ. Buffalo NY 2012)
5 2019 Society of Actuaries,
Sigma began with the desire to create efficient avenues for members of public safety seeking a greater measure of health and performance from their daily lives. Today, we have served more than 20,000 emergency responders in the United States.
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