The Charles Rochester Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment Act

U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware pushing a piece of federal blood clot legislation to raise awareness and prevention.

The Charles Rochester Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment Act would honor Representative Blunt Rochester’s late husband, who passed away from multiple blood clots at age fifty-two, following an Achilles tendon tear.

The bill would specifically establish an advisory committee to help streamline effective diagnosis, treatment and prevention of blood clots and pulmonary embolisms.
If passed, the legislation will raise awareness of key factors that lead to blood clots including cancer, overweight and obesity and most importantly immobility.

Brandon McMullen, physician associate with Sail Wind Medical says, “definitely causes a blood clot because you don’t cycle through that blood as much. It just kind of pools and stagnates in your legs.”

“You read any medical textbook, and the classic patient for a DBT is going to be somebody that just flew across the country and didn’t get up or move their legs and stand.”

Medical Professional Brandon McMullen says that cross country road trips can also put most people at risk for a blood clot. That’s because long stretches in the car can impact blood circulation.

Advocates say Rep. Blunt Rochester answered the prayers of many families across the country when introducing the legislation, which will work to prevent more Americans from the heartbreak of losing their loved ones to preventable blood clots.