Community Funded Ventilators Arrive on North Coast
[Photo provided by St. Joseph’s Hospital]
Generous donations from Women 4 Wellness and other community groups, in support of our communities’ fight to beat Covid-19, have allowed St. Joseph Hospital Foundation to purchase 12 ventilators to expand hospital capacity in treating patients with COVID-19 and other illnesses that arise. The purchased ventilators arrived recently at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka.
“In times of crisis, this community steps up. As we live through this pandemic, the extraordinary generosity and selflessness of our neighbors supports the healing mission of St Joseph Health.” said Paul McGinty, Chief Philanthropy Officer, St. Joseph Health, Humboldt County (SJH-HC). “These new ventilators will not only enhance our care for Covid-19 patients in the event of a surge, but better prepare our rural community with life-saving equipment for any and all other emergency needs.”
Women 4 Wellness, a philanthropic group promoting education, advocacy, and volunteerism in support of SJH-HC, Humboldt State University, Wayne & Donna Caldwell on behalf of Premier Financial Group, the Schmidbauer Family, Lorin & Irene Flyer and Owsley Electric donated $420,000 to purchase ventilators and aid in the fight against Covid-19.
“Building our stockpile of life-saving equipment is essential in rural communities that are far from large medical centers,” said Roberta Luskin-Hawk, M.D., Chief Executive, SJH-HC. “Every doctor, caregiver and patient should have the assurance that no matter the illness or condition, vital resources to treat patients and give them the best standard of care possible are readily available. It’s a privilege to help those who help us.”
Thanks to the philanthropic contributions and ventilators on loan from Providence and Public Health, St. Joseph Hospital has grown its ventilator capacity from 12 – before the onset of the pandemic – to 38 ventilators on-hand today. Recently, 11 of St. Joseph Hospital’s original 12 ventilators were in use for treating a combination of Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 related illnesses.
A portion of the 38 ventilators are on loan from care partners and will be returned following the response to the Covid-19 crisis.—
About St. Joseph Health, Humboldt County
St. Joseph Health, Humboldt County (SJHS-HC) is committed to meeting the highest standards in health care delivery while ministering to the needs of the whole person – body, mind and spirit. This commitment to the people of the North Coast is expressed in the St. Joseph Health System’s five core values – Compassion, Dignity, Excellence, Justice and Integrity. St. Joseph Health, Humboldt County offers a comprehensive network of specialty care and services including a Level III Trauma Center, Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and a Cancer Center Accredited by the Commission on Cancer. The health care ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange began in Humboldt County during the flu epidemic of 1918. The Sisters opened the first St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka in 1920 and committed to continually improving the health and quality of life of the people served. This commitment continues today and has been further defined by the vision of St. Joseph Health –Health for a Better World.
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I thought .ost people died when put on ventilators… Thought thay science has been figured out…
Shush…Bill Gates is donating them to make room for more teachers
Ventilators are for the sickest people, who are most likely to die.
But didn’t they state that ventilators contributed to higher covid deaths? This is the most recent article I could find.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/03/covid-death-rates-dropped-doctors-rejected-ventilators/amp/
Sorry it’s behind a pseudo pay wall. It’s not a domestic report. It also may seem anecdotal. It is not a peer reviewed paper. Take that as you will…
Couldn’t post the article.
Nevermind. Figured it out.
Here’s the article:
“”The Telegraph
Covid death rates dropped as doctors rejected ventilators
Chances of dying in an intensive care unit fell in line with a decline in the use of mechanical ventilators
Ventilators being delivered to the NHS Nightingale Hospital in March
Ventilators being delivered to the NHS Nightingale Hospital in March CREDIT: REUTERS
Henry Bodkin, Health and Science Correspondent
3 SEPTEMBER 2020 • 11:34 PM
Death rates among seriously ill Covid-19 patients dropped sharply as doctors rejected the use of mechanical ventilators, analysis has found.
The chances of dying in an intensive care unit (ICU) went from 43 per cent before the pandemic peaked to 34 per cent in the period after.
In a report yesterday, the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre said that no new drugs nor changes to clinical guidelines were introduced in that period that could account for the improvement. However, the use of mechanical ventilators fell dramatically.
Before the peak in admissions on April 1, 75.9 per cent of Covid-19 patients were intubated within 24 hours of getting to an ICU, a proportion which fell to 44.1 per cent after the peak.
Meanwhile, the proportion of ICU patients put on a ventilator at any point dropped 22 percentage points to 61 per cent either side of the peak.
Researchers suggested this could have been a result of “informal learning” among networks of doctors that patients on ventilators were faring worse than expected.
Dr Charlotte Summers, lecturer in intensive care medicine at the University of Cambridge, said: “Humans are designed to get the oxygen into their lungs by sucking it in – negative pressure – whereas the ventilator blows the oxygen into your lungs by positive pressure.
“Millions of years of evolution have conspired to deliver oxygen into your lungs in a very different way to a mechanical ventilator.
“So every person who goes on a ventilator, it’s a suboptimal way of breathing compared to what you’re designed to do, and like every therapy that’s given to anyone for any disease, there are undoubtedly downsides of it.”
She added: “However, it is important to remember that not all therapies are suitable for all patients, and for some patients a mechanical ventilator is the only means of saving their life.”
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Free estimates,
thank you for taking the time to post that. You might save somebody’s life by pointing this out, that c mortality rates dropped when ventilators were rejected. Whoever you are, you’re on the right side.
Blessings to you.
Swine, I have hope for you I think you are a smart person. I wish you would educate yourself a little and find some better media sources (my guess is you read a lot of reddit and fb) critical thinking is a good thing but I think with age you learn to trust people who are professionals (instead of always doubting and making your own hypothesis) and realize that you don’t know it all (surprise). Just my 2 cents
Hey WC did you read the article I posted above? The most current information available seems to agree with the position that swine was proposing.
Did you also see where I left a disclaimer about the accuracy of the information? I try to only look at peer reviewed scientific papers, but even then there can be bias, both personal and funding derived. It is always important to vet your sources as thoroughly as possible and make your own conclusions. I try to find articles with the raw data included, not just their conclusions. Propaganda is in full force, especially right now.
Where would you recommend getting information about our current situation? Which experts do you think have neutral (or close to it) positions?
Swine,
thanks.
Swine,
thanks, well said.
WOW!!! JUST IN TIME.
lol … I see what ya did there David.
Social distancing guidelines do not apply when posing for publicity.
No one is ever going to use any of those machines.
Silly peasant, rules are not for the rule makers!
EndTheLockdown,
Excellent post, thanks.
End the lock down.
Received them right before……figuring out that early intervention with pure oxygen is more effective.
Now that our country invested in ventilator infrastructure production, they will probably be pawned on little old ladies that are afraid of dying.
If I were low in oxygen, would you rather receive oxygen right away like the president did, Or have a tube stuck down your lungs that will result in more complications? Some of these trump supporters by chance are right in a few points, which sometimes blind them from seeing the bigly picture that he is corporatizing everything turning all workers into slaves , a caste system
Another example of how madical science is big business, minus the science part,
thank you.
Another example,
thanks.
What are the ventilators for? The maximum in the hospital locally at one time for c. has been 4.
Why 12 ventilators?