Table I.

Prevention, screening, counseling, and examination

Screening, counseling and evaluation	Facility level
	PH C	First- level	Referr al	Tertia ry
Dietary screening and counseling	E	E	E	E
Exercise screening and counseling	E	E	E	E
Smoking screening and counseling	E	E	E	E
Smoking cessation opportunities	E	E	E	E
Blood pressure measurement	E	E	E	E
Recognize and screen patients at high-risk for vascular disease	E	E	E	E
Take vascular history and physical exam	E	E	E	E
Prevent, recognize and evaluate diabetic foot lesion in a diabetic	E	E	E	E
DVT risk-assessment and evaluation	D	E	E	E
Recognize and evaluate possible compartment syndrome	E	E	E	E
Blunt cerebrovascular injury evaluation	D	E	E	E
HIV- and HAART-related vascular disease screening and counseling*	E	E	E	E
Protocols for timely triage and treatment or transfer of vascular conditions	E	E	E	E

PHC – primary health center; DVT – deep vein thrombosis; HIV – human immunodeficiency virus; HAART – highly active anti-retroviral therapy; PHC – outpatient clinics, staffed by non-physicians; First-level hospital – typically staffed by general practitioners, may or may not provide surgical services; Referral hospital – typically staffed by specialists, usually including a general surgeon; Tertiary hospital – offer a wider range of specialists, and laboratory and imaging capabilities; Resource designation at a particular level: E – essential; D – desirable; I – irrelevant (not considered to be available at the particular level even with full resource availability);

^*Essential when the local epidemiology warrants.