South Florida Baptist Hospital Foundation Inc

SOUTH FLORIDA BAPTIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, INC. SECURES, MANAGES AND STEWARDS PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT TO BENEFIT THE HEALTHCARE MISSION OF SOUTH FLORIDA BAPTIST HOSPITAL.

THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, OUR HOSPITAL HAD FULL TO OVERCAPACITY ICU VOLUMES. RESOURCES WERE STRETCHED TO THE MAXIMUM. AT TIMES, OUR SMALL 144-BED HOSPITAL HAD MORE PATIENTS THAN WE HAD BEDS AND ROOMS. WE MOVED OUTPATIENT AREAS INTO CONFERENCE ROOM SPACE AND PATIENT ROOMS INTO PRE-OP AND POST-OP AREAS. AT TIMES IT WAS ALL THE CLINICAL TEAM COULD DO TO KEEP UP WITH NOT ONLY COVID PATIENTS BUT ALL OTHERS WHO NEEDED CARE. THE FOUNDATION SUPPLIED OVER $92,000 OF MUCH NEEDED EQUIPMENT IN 2021 TO SUPPORT THE EXPANDED CRITICAL CARE CENTER. BECAUSE OF VOLUMES, WE OPENED AN ADDITIONAL WING TO SUPPORT THIS LEVEL OF CARE. PATIENT CARE BEDSIDE EQUIPMENT INCLUDING A GLIDESCOPE AND BLADDER SCANNER WERE PURCHASED, AS WELL AS A NEW PYXIS MEDSTATION TOWER AND REFRIGERATOR FOR PHARMACY MEDICATION ACCESS IN THE EXPANDED WING. A MOBILE MEDLINK EICU CART WAS PURCHASED TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE CARE FOR PATIENTS WHEN PHYSICIANS WERE NOT ON SITE, ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT. PHYSICIANS WERE ABLE TO ELECTRONICALLY BE AT A BEDSIDE AND WORK WITH THE CLINICAL TEAM FOR IMPROVED IMMEDIATE CARE. ADDITIONALLY, A MOBILE LIFEPAK RAPID/CODE CART WAS PURCHASED TO PROVIDE LIFE SAVING MEASURES WITHIN THE TWO ICU UNITS WHEN NEEDED. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THESE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO OUR TEAMS TO IMPROVE AND ENHANCE THE CARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR PATIENTS.

A BUSY SURGERY CENTER ALWAYS HAS NEEDS FOR EQUIPMENT. NEW TECHNOLOGY CAN IMPROVE MEDICAL OUTCOMES FOR PATIENTS AS WELL AS UPGRADES OR REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT IS OFTEN NEEDED TO KEEP SAFETY FOR OUR PATIENTS A PRIORITY. IN 2021, $85,370 WAS SPENT TO DO JUST THAT, IMPROVE OUTCOMES AND SAFETY FOR OUR PATIENTS. NEW CORDLESS DRILLS WERE PURCHASED TO REPLACE AND UPGRADE THE TECHNOLOGY FOR OUR SURGEONS, A NEW SONOSITE ANESTHESIA TRANSDUCER PROBE WAS NEEDED FOR OUR ANESTHESIOLOGISTS THAT COVER SEVEN SURGICAL SUITES AS WELL AS AN ELECTRO THERMAL COOLIEF RADIOFREQUENCY GENERATOR. THIS IS A NEW TECHNOLOGY TO US AND IT ASSISTS OUR PAIN MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS TO PROVIDE MINIMALLY INVASIVE ABLATION PROCEDURES. THE WATER-COOLING RADIOFREQUENCY DEVICE SAFELY DEACTIVATES THE PAIN CAUSING SENSORY NERVES PARTICULARLY IN THE TREATMENT OF BACK PAIN. PAIN CONTROL HAS BEEN PROVEN TO IMPROVE UP TO TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS WHILE REDUCING THE NEED FOR PAIN MEDICATION. SURGICAL ADVANCES ELEVATE THE CARE WE CAN PROVIDE FOR ALL OUR PATIENTS.

DIALYSIS IS OFFERED AT OUR FACILITY FOR INPATIENTS AND OUTPATIENTS. SINCE OPERATING AND STAFFING OUR OWN DIALYSIS TREATMENT AREA BEGINNING IN 2020, THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT WAS NECESSARY IN 2021. THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTED THE PURCHASE OF TWO NX STAGE CRT HEMODYNAMICS MACHINES. THE CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY DELIVERS A GENTLE 24-HOUR TREATMENT FOR HEMODYNAMICALLY UNSTABLE PATIENTS, AND HAVING NUMEROUS UNITS ALLOWS FOR MULTIPLE PATIENTS TO BE TREATED WITHIN OUR HOSPITAL. THE COST OF THE MACHINES WAS $56,150.

SOUTH FLORIDA BAPTIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ALSO FUNDED AN ADDITIONAL $233,629 INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: MOBILE CLINIC EQUIPMENT AND AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING FOR THE UNDERSERVED IN OUR COMMUNITY; OB/OR EQUIPMENT; CATH LAB EQUIPMENT; UVC DISINFECTION EQUIPMENT; SUPPORT FOR TEAM MEMBER EMERGENCY FUND WHICH IS FUNDED ENTIRELY BY DONATIONS FROM TEAM MEMBERS; AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS PLANNING TO MAJOR IN THE MEDICAL FIELD AS WELL AS HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE CHOOSING TO ADVANCE THEIR CAREERS BY FURTHERING THEIR EDUCATION.