COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
For more information about making a donation to CMH contact:
Janet Weiss, Director of Community Development
Cheboygan Memorial Hospital
748 South Main Street
Cheboygan, Michigan 49721
(231) 627-1232
janet.weiss@cheboyganhospital.org
Your tax-deductible gift to CMH will make enhanced services available to you, your family and future generations. Gifts of all amounts are needed and gratefully accepted.
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Surgical Equipment Initiative
The CMH Development Council is working on an initiative to raise some $250,000 for new and replacement surgical equipment to enhance patient care at Cheboygan Memorial Hospital. The five pieces of equipment identified by our Hospital Surgical Services staff include the following:
Video & Camera System - $182,000
This would include three systems and five cameras. The video and camera systems in surgery ensure that the surgeons have the capabilities to visualize internal organs and bones. The system is used by general surgery, orthopedics, OB/GYN, urology and for colonoscopies. The current system is about 10 years old and doesn't provide the clarity that new systems have. Turn-around time for use of the new system will also be less as the cameras can be autoclaved in a short time rather than Sterrised to provide sterility, which takes 30 minutes. Approximately 1,800 cases call for use of this system each year at CMH.
Choledocoscope - $19,500
This is a scope used for gall bladder procedures where the patient has numerous stones - which we see about 130 cases of a year. The scope will assist the surgeon in removing the stones without having to open the duct, decreasing surgical and recovery time. The current scope is more than ten years old.
Laparoscopy Instruments - $15,375
Endoscopic proceures require laparoscopy instruments and when two general surgeons are working at the same time, it is difficult to coordiante the schedule to accomodate the number of cases - currently over 500 annually. Additionally, trays are presently being flashed autoclaved and best practice for non-emergent turn-around is steamed autoclave. If a third surgeon joins the staff, our present number of trays would create delays and continued use of flash sterilizing.
Head Light - $6,395
General surgeons, the ophthalmologist and the otolaryngologist (ear, nose & throat) would use this surgical "headlight" to increase the amount of light being projected to better see a specific area during surgery. It helps in areas that are extremely deep and/or otherwise difficult to see due to positioning of overhead operating lights.
GlideScope - $15,000
The GlideScope is a video laryngoscope designed for first pass success for difficult incubations. It allows for quick intubation in unpredictable airway conditions and can be used in the operating room, emergency department and intensive care. Anesthesia has used one on several occasions, thanks to the sales rep leaving one on loan. The GlideScope provides for integrated video technology providing real-time visualization during intubation. In the emergency setting it can be used to verify tube placement from the field and it can be used as an adjunct for teaching. This item may not be used as routinely as the others - but it is definitely a lifesaving instrument.
