Kansas lions Mobile Screening unit  

Kansas Lions Mobile Screening unit provides free screening to individuals throughout the state of Kansas. The Mobile Screening Unit is equipped to provide visual screening including visual acuity and glaucoma, blood pressure screening, blood sugar screening to detect diabetes (the number one cause of new blindness) and hearing.

Who is involved?

All of the Lions, Lioness and Leo Clubs of Kansas Multiple District 17 are involved with the KANSAS LIONS MOBILE SCREENING UNIT (KLMSU).  The Kansas Optometric Association provides education and volunteers as available. 

What is the KLMSU?

The KLMSU is a vehicle that is designed to carry on-site screening equipment to communities  in  Kansas (MD-17). The Unit is the bus  pictured on the front cover of this brochure.

How will the KLMSU be operated?

There are one or more qualified driver's) (with medical testing certification) who drives the KLMSU to the scheduled locations.  The actual screening is done by medical people in each community.  Lions Club members in each community the KLMSU visits are responsible for contacting medical people to do the screening, arranging for a suitable site to park the Unit, assisting with registration, patient control and for local/regional news releases and publicity.  This assures that the business stays in our own communities.

How will the KLMSU be used?

The KLMSU is designed to travel to any community in Multiple District 17 that is accessible by paved roads.  It is available for clubs to use when there is a need in their community;  senior groups, school children, fairs, festivals, Lions functions such as fund raisers or other community activities.

What screening is done in the KLMSU?

VISION: Basic Visual Acuity. GLAUCOMA: Tension - Contact Tonometer or Puff Air; Anterior - Slit Lamp; Retina - Ophthalmoscope, Perimeter, when applicable.  HEARING: Audiometer.  DIABETES: Blood Sugar.  BLOOD PRESSURE. 

Who pays for the upkeep costs of the KLMSU?

The Lions of Kansas (MD-17) are responsible for paying for the upkeep costs of the Unit.  It costs in excess of $50,000.00 per year to support the unit.  A corporate sponsor is currently being solicited to assist in covering these costs.  This arrangement has been successful in other Multiple Districts around the country.

What does it cost a Lions Club to have the KLMSU in their community?

The cost is $50.00 per working day for the Unit, and room and board for the driver while in their area.  Room and board for the driver is arranged in local Lions homes or the club can pay for motel  room and meals.  This is an optional choice for the Club and driver to jointly decide prior to the KLMSU scheduled date's.  If a proper electrical connection is not available, the Club pays an additional $25.00 for the use of the onboard generator.

Why do the Lions of Kansas have a KLMSU?

The reason for the KLMSU is to bring LIONS SERVICE TO OUR OWN COMMUNITIES.  As proclaimed “KNIGHTS OF THE BLIND”, the Lions of Kansas are bringing to all communities of Kansas, a Kansas Lions sponsored Mobile Screening Unit.  Until the KLMSU began operation throughout Kansas, many citizens of the State had to provide the financial and physical effort to go for medical screening.  With the KLMSU, the local Lions will become involved in the service of screening their fellow neighbors.