Accomplishments

2009: Our gifts this year focused on bariatric patients, who need specially sized equipment for true comfort. Working with our own funds and with gifts from the Tulalip Tribes and the Norcliffe Foundation, we provided bariatric stretchers, wheelchairs, and shower chairs.
We provided an MRI sound system to help patients relax during their MRI exam. All inpatients and surgery patients will enjoy their comfort kits (personal grooming products) and their families will enjoy our coffee & tea service.
We provided a second set of phototherapy lights for newborns, courtesy of the Norman Archibald Foundation. We provided another patient-controlled pain medication pump for laboring moms.
Our community benefited from an automatic external defibrillator donated to the Arlington Library, and we donated an 800 mHz radio so that incoming trauma patients can be tracked all the way from the incident scene into the Emergency Department.
A very successful project collaborating with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation resulted in more than quadrupling the number of Darrington women who got an annual mammogram at Cascade Valley Hospital.

2008: We proudly funded one Emergency room's worth of equipment, to celebrate the building project. We also provided a custom sound system for MRI patients, which makes the MRI experience more relaxing. We also provided a selection of CDs for patients to choose from.

2007: We contributed to a Microsoft program which allowed CVHC to purchase software licenses at a lower cost.

2006: We provided emergency preparedness kits for the hospital and each owned clinic.

2005: Our funding this year helped ease patients' anxiety. Pediatric patients of all ages will have cleanable toys to play with. This includes books, games and pictures for their rooms. Our CT scan room is being installed with ceiling light murals. A single nature image in multi-light fixtures creates a large skylight mural. This helps patients relax.

2004: We provided three comfortable recliners for Oncology patients. We also funded two Datascopes, which are portable monitoring units to continuously monitor vital signs and oxygen saturation. We provided seven Automatic External Defibrallators (AED) to our clinics, and one AED Trainer.

2003-1998: Bone Densitometer: A state-of-the-art bone densitometer is the first unit of its kind in our market area. This new equipment will not only determine and assess your bone loss, but also how you respond to treatment.

• AutoVent for Ambulance: Breathing machine for incubated adults and children.
• Portable BP/Oximeter monitor for the OB department: Machine records vital statistics electronically. Portable, compact and easily converts from adult to neonate.
• Matched hospital funding to purchase Lifeline units for the Senior Services department of CVH.
• Gel pads for the OR beds to cushion and protect skin and bony prominences at points.
• Designated funds were used to purchase new floor covering and pictures in the Wound Care's new location.
• Sponsored Spanish language classes for admitting staff.
• Leather recliner for Oncology patients during treatment.
• Double IV pump for each birthing room in OB.
• A recliner for each of the birthing rooms in OB.
• Provide funding for volunteers to make large Christmas stockings that all babies born in the month of December go home in.
• Major capital equipment purchase for the Radiology Department. A mobile x-ray system designed for radiography examinations in any room.