What is the current equipment need?

2010 - 2011 Priority Needs List*

Item	Description	Area of Health Centre	Cost to Purchase	Be a Hero for Health Care
Neonatal Ventilator	Current ventialtors have limitations for premature newborns.	Maternal Child	$51,000	Help buy this item now
Infant Flow SIPAP Sytem	To assist with breathing support for newborns.	Maternal Child	$25,000	Help buy this item now
Wound Vac Therapy System	To meet increased incidence levels.	Surgery	$31,000	Help buy this item now
Portable Endoscopy Monitoring System	Provides after hours urgent care for imaging and visualization during procedures.	Ambulatory Care	$21,000	Help buy this item now
Glidescope	Allows for easier intubation to prevent unnecessary and multiple intubation attempts.	Emergency Room	$26,000	Help buy this item now
EPKI Processor	Improves imaging for diagnostic procedures.	Intensive Care Unit/ Operating Room	$50,000	Help buy this item now
Veriscan Endoscopic Leak Tester	Prevents endoscopes from potential damage during reprocessing.	Ambulatory Care	$20,000	Help buy this item now
Cardiac Montiors (4)	Monitors vital signs.	Operating Room	$15,000	Help buy this item now
UV Light	Evidence collection.	Emergency Room	$2,500	Help buy this item now
Vein Finder	Pediatric IV, central line and difficult IV initiation to prevent multiple attempts.	Emergency Room	$45,000	Help buy this item now
Recovery Room Carts (5)	To meet increased capacity demands.	Operating Room	$10,000	Help buy this item now
Crash Carts (3)	To provide a crash cart on each floor/inpatient unit of the health centre.	All Inpatient Departments	$15,000	Help buy this item now

*this is a partial list that grows as areas of need are identified throughout the year by Alberta Health Services in the Fort McMurray area.

Thanks to your generosity, already this year funding has been approved for:

FAST (Trauma Ultrasound) (3)	To assist patients who are too unstable for transfer to another department.	Emergency Room, Maternal Child & Medicine/Surgery	$100,000
Waiting Room Furniture	To improve the frequently used Emergency Room waiting area.	Emergency Room	$38,000
Blanket Warmer		Maternal Child	$8,000
Jaundice Meter		Maternal Child	$6,000
Symphony Breast Pump		Maternal Child	$3,870

2009 - Operation Miracle
Thank you to everyone in the community for your support of Operation Miracle! Together you helped raise enough funds for five new anesthesia machines, approximately $750,000.

2008 - Cardiac Monitoring System
What a success! An overwhelming response to raise enough funds to replace and expand the health centre's cardiac monitoring system has resulted in the request for equipment being fully funded from your generous gifts. Thank you.