Evidence shows up to 85% are preventable with early, expert care. Know your risk, get screened, and act before amputation is ever on the table.
501(c)(3) nonprofit Evidence-based limb preservation Physician-founded
Most amputations are avoidable.
They are a decision.
We exist to make sure it is the right one, made with early testing, expert eyes, and every evidence-based option on the table first.
lower-limb amputations in the U.S. so far this year
Up to 85% could have been prevented with early, evidence-based care.
Source: CDC, approximately 150,000 nontraumatic lower-extremity amputations a year. American Heart Association policy statement, Circulation, 2021.
Diabetes is the leading cause of nontraumatic lower-limb amputation. Where diabetes is most common, the risk of losing a limb is highest, and that is exactly where free screening and early care matter most.
Source: adult diagnosed diabetes prevalence by state, CDC (U.S. Diabetes Surveillance System). Diabetes is the leading cause of nontraumatic lower-extremity amputation. Alaska and Hawaii not shown.
You do not have to wait for a diagnosis to act. Each of these is free, and each one is a step away from a preventable amputation.
Early detection is the single biggest factor in saving a limb. Locate a free community screening near you.
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You have the right to a second opinion and a full vascular evaluation before amputation. Get the questions to bring to your care team.
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Watch free, on-demand webinars from leading limb-preservation clinicians, no cost, no login required.
Browse the library ›Not a slogan, a folding table in a church hall. We bring free screenings to the neighborhoods where a caught-in-time problem means a limb saved.
Your support does not fund hope, it funds screening, education, and access, the things that actually keep limbs attached.
Source: World Health Organization and International Diabetes Federation, on diabetes-related lower-limb amputations.
Screenings, webinars, and campaigns, as they happen.
Every gift funds the screenings, patient resources, and provider education that catch what an amputation would have cost someone their leg.
