Ewald and Judy donated $1000 to the Friends of the Golden & District Hospital in memory of their sons, Carl and Erich. You can dedicate your gift to a newborn or an old Friend.
Choose how much you can afford to donate to the Hospital.
Remember you will get a charitable donation tax credit to reduce your income tax!!
Large or small, all donations are welcome.
$25 $50 $100 $250 $500 or other
Keith W Hern
A big thank you to Don Cameron for donating to the Friends of the Golden & District Hospital. We all have a lot to be thankful for when a new child is bought into the community.
" Our donation is dedicated to our new granddaughter, Callie Eve born September 21, 2020"
Choose how much you can afford to donate to the Hospital and support the communities newborns. Remember you will get a charitable donation tax credit to reduce your income tax!!
Large or small, all donations are welcome.
$25 $50 $100 $250 $500 or other
Keith W Hern
In the first week of the campaign, the Friends have raised $7950 of the $25,000 goal. There were 57 newborns in 2019 and a similar number are expecting in 2020. If every family who had a newborn last year and all the families who are expecting in the next 9 months gave $100 we would reach our goal and be able to buy the Neonatal Cardiac Monitor for our community hospital.
Choose how much you can afford to donate to the Hospital and support the communities newborns. Remember you will get a charitable donation tax credit to reduce your income tax!!
Large or small, all donations are welcome.
$25 $50 $100 $250 $500 or other
Keith W Hern
"Golden has a highly active Obstetrical Program serving our community. We are continually striving as a team to provide the safest and most evidence-based care to our expectant families. The team, which includes nurses, physicians, and a midwife, all must be certified in NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation). This course, which I and one of our nurses, Krista Hakeman, teach every few months, ensures all obstetrical care givers are current in the latest guidelines and management for the newborn who may require resuscitation or additional support after birth."
Dr Virginia Clark states
"Before or after birth, newborns who need assistance usually have a problem with respiration (breathing) leading to inadequate oxygen exchange. The obstetrical team must recognize when newborns do not make the transition from fetal (inside Mom) to newborn (outside Mom) circulation and take the necessary steps to ensure the newborn gets the resuscitation steps required."
In the 7th Edition of the Neonatal Resuscitation Manual published in 2016, it was recommended that when a newborn does not make the normal transition to breathing room air at one minute and needs assistance, a monitor be applied to assess the baby’s oxygenation, a cardiac monitor to monitor the heart rate be attached and the baby be given Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV)
Dr Clark continues "This
last step involves applying an oxygen mask to the baby’s face and assisting the
baby to breathe. We do not have the cardiac monitor that has been recommended as the standard of care for newborns.
We continue to try to assess the baby’s heart rate by listening with a
stethoscope, which can be very difficult in a noisy room with
much going on, and may prolong interruptions in chest compressions (
fortunately a rare situation) and give inaccurate results. This heart
rate monitor provides a rapid and reliable method to constantly monitor the
infant’s heart rate."
Fifty-seven (57) babies were born in the Golden hospital in 2019 and a similar number are expected in 2020. Two deliveries were very preterm infants - one at 27 weeks and another at 32 weeks. Fortunately, both infants have done well thanks to superb teamwork by those involved but a Neonatal Cardiac Monitor would make the resuscitation easier and less stressful for all involved.
"We try to ensure the women delivering their babies in Golden are healthy and low risk, but in obstetrics, the unpredictable can happen and often without much warning, so staff need to be prepared. Having the correct equipment to perform resuscitation when needed can only benefit our community's families."
Please help Dr Clark and her team of dedicated professionals give the best possible care to Golden's newborns.
Keith W Hern
Friend Golden & District Hospital
Thank you so much!
For people who wish to support the hospital and contribute to
the campaign, but do not want to donate over the internet, the Friends of the
Golden & District Hospital can accept cheques made out to the "East Kootenay
Foundation for Health", with Friends of the GDH on the memo line Cheques can either be dropped off at
the Hospital or call me and I can arrange to have them picked up.
The
online fundraising page, Giving Thanks to the Golden & District
Hospital 2020, is accepting donations until Saturday October 11th 2020.
Keith W Hern
Friend of the Golden & District Hospital
Giving Thanks to the Golden & District Hospital 2020, our sixth annual fundraiser, is now accepting donations and will remain open for the next two weeks until October 11th 2020, the Saturday of the Thanksgiving weekend.
In 2020 the funds will be used to buy a Neonatal Cardiac Monitor and/or other equipment.
“We do not have the cardiac monitor that has been recommended as the standard of care for newborns. In Golden, we try to assess the baby’s heart rate by listening with a stethoscope which can be very difficult in a noisy room with much going on, and may prolong interruptions in chest compressions (fortunately a rare situation) and give inaccurate results.”
Dr
Virginia Clark leads the Obstetrical team in Golden, which includes nurses, physicians,
and a midwife, all certified in NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation).
“The Neonatal Cardiac monitor provides a rapid and reliable method to constantly monitor the baby’s heart rate during the transition from fetal (inside Mom) to newborn (outside Mom). Having the correct equipment to perform resuscitation when needed can only benefit our community’s families.”
Friends of the Golden & District Hospital was formed in 2015 when a group of families wanted to show support for the Hospital in a tangible way. The proceeds from previous fundraisers were used to purchase equipment in excess of the annual budget.
Keith W Hern
Friend of the Golden & District Hospital
