Please consider supporting our healing ministry with a gift to the area of need of your choice. While each Saint Elizabeth Foundation fund serves a high-value need, there are some projects that are on our Priority List.These are items that are badly needed in clinical areas to help support our excellent patient care but are currently out of the range of department budgets. We hope you will consider one of these Priority Funds.
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Newborn Patient Care Needs
Fisher & Paykel CosyCot Baby Warmer $13,640
Provides supplementary heat to critically ill, often premature, newborns who are unable to maintain their own body temperature. The warmer maintains a sufficient thermal environment, vital to the survival of our tiniest patients. Our NICU team selected this baby warmer as having the best thermal management systems while being is easy to use and mobile. |
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Giraffe OmniBed $35,350 For our tiniest patients: this leading-edge isolette has integrated x-ray; valuable in-bed scale (so fragile one- and two-pound newborns do not have to be moved to be weighed); allows 360-degree access of medical caregivers to baby; also enables virtually all surgeries to be performed bedside - eliminating the risks of moving high-risk infants to the operating room. |
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Bunnell Life Pulse High Frequency Jet Ventilator $35,000
This ventilator helps the most fragile lungs of our tiniest newborns strengthen and develop so the infant will be able to breathe on its own. It is used to treat infants with a very specific chronic lung disorder. Without this ventilator some infants face being transferred out of town to a facility that has such a device. This ventialtor compliments other NICU equipment and helps bring our complete spectrum of respiratory care to a higher level for our patients. |
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For Emergency & Critical Care
12-Lead EKG Transmission in Lincoln $15,000
This new technology makes it possible for EMS personnel to transmit diagnostic quality 12-lead EKG data in real time directly from a patient’s home to the Emergency Department physician. Treatment decisions can be made while the patient is in transit to the hospital. The cardiologist can be ready and waiting, the Cath Lab can be prepared to receive the patient, and valuable heart muscle can be saved because of the quick response. |
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Consistent Lifesaving CPR with AutoPulse Cardiac Life Support $28,630 (2 units)
For victims of sudden cardiac arrest only one thing is certain – chest compressions will be required. Yet, manual compressions – even when they are done well – only provide 10-20% of normal blood flow to the heart and 30 - 40 % to the brain. The ZOLL AutoPulse is a revolutionary non-invasive cardiac life support pump that moves more blood, more consistently than is possible with human hands. Easy to use and battery operated, its load-distributing LifeBand squeezes the entire chest. As a result, victims receive consistent, high-quality compressions that deliver improved blood flow. |
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Chapel Renovation
The Saint Elizabeth Chapel, located on the third floor of the West Tower, is in need of renovation. |
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