You can give the gift of health this holiday season.
More joy. More memories. More firsts in healthcare.
Your support can make more of life’s special moments possible for patients like Sandy.
As Sandy Adler approaches the first holiday season since facing a life-threatening medical emergency, her heart is filled with gratitude – for the remarkable healthcare team that helped save her life. And for caring donors like you, whose support ensured that the vital life-saving equipment and technology needed for her recovery was available.
Sandy spent 15 critical days in the Intensive Care Unit due to kidney failure and medication toxicity. Thanks to the exceptional hospital care she received, Sandy transformed from waking up from a coma, unable to walk or talk, to celebrating precious milestones with her family.
You can help create more firsts in healthcare and in the lives of patients in our community. Your generosity ensures that you and your loved ones have access to the very best in medical care – whenever it’s needed.
Your contribution today can make a meaningful difference in someone’s life tomorrow.
Watch more of Sandy’s remarkable healthcare journey.
Did you know that approximately 1,000 people walk through the Emergency Room doors at one of our four Calgary acute care hospitals every single day? Sooner or later, often unexpectedly, we all seek urgent medical care.
These urgently needed pieces of emergency care equipment can save a patient like Sandy. And YOU can help make it happen.
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3x Medtronic Temp Pacer Generator
$15,000
About 3 million people worldwide are living with a pacemaker, and each year about 600,000 pacemakers are implanted to treat bradycardia patients (those with an abnormally slow heartbeat). In life-threatening situations, temporary pacemakers are inserted to restore cardiac stability.
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LUCAS Automated Chest Compression Device
$24,000
The LUCAS is an automated, safe, and state-of-the-art chest compression device that enables medical personnel to perform hands-free, consistent, and uninterrupted CPR while attending to the patient’s other needs during sudden cardiac arrest.
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Arctic Sun Temperature Management System
$36,000
The human body’s core temperature must be tightly regulated for optimal function and recovery during illness or after injury. Effective temperature management is therefore a key component of medical treatment in various scenarios, including post-cardiac arrest care, neurosurgical recovery, and severe infections.
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Glidescope Video Laryngoscope
$50,000
This device helps to visualize the patient’s airway and is used in critical patient situations.
Healthcare workers will have more options to manage routine procedures and respond to emergent situations quickly and confidently.
Your gift to Calgary Health Foundation today will help ensure that our world-class healthcare workers are equipped with cutting-edge equipment and technology they need to save and improve lives, so patients can return home to their families.