Help for QEH’s Paediatric Department
Sharon Small of Scotiabank and Angela St. John, daughter-in-law of Dr W.A. St John presenting the documentation for a 15-inch monitor for the Paediatric Department of the QEH to Dr Gillian Birchwood, Paediatrician & Neonatologist.
Broadway to Barbados Charitable Trust (BBCT) is continuing its efforts to enhance child care at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH).
For the third year, Trustees are funding specialised training in handling emergency care of children.
This programme is being led by Dr Paula Michele Lashley of the University of the West Indies, in association with overseas specialists from Canada and the United Kingdom.
This is according to Executive Trustee of BBCT, Robert Bourque, as he revealed that since its commencement, BBCT has funded an aggregate of $22 407 to support training.
“This workshop will include training of 30-40 staff members starting in March, and a syllabus which will relate to the airway or ventilators,” he revealed.
Bourque was at the time addressing the launch of Broadway to Broadway (BTB) 2017, yesterday. The show, which is a musical journey of popular Broadway hits throughout the years
performed by Broadway’s biggest stars, will take place February 23 to 25 and March 2 to 4 at the Frank Collymore Hall.
For the past five years, the Trust, through the anticipated show, has had a sole mandate to assist the QEH so as to enhance the availability of critical care to all Barbadians and visitors to the island.
Also during the launch, the Executive Trustee disclosed that QEH’s Paediatric Department will be receiving a bedside monitor.
Dr Gillian Birchwood, Paediatrician & Neonatologist accepted the documentation for the 15-inch monitor valued at $43,325.
The donation is a joint effort by Scotiabank, BBCT and the family of the late Dr W.A. St John.
“In order for us to provide a high standard of care for our sickest children, a vital piece of equipment is the bedside monitor,” expressed Dr Birchwood, as she thanked the donors.
She explained that the monitor records the vital signs from second to second - the heart rate, how well the oxygen is going around the body and whether or not there is normal brain activity.
“This monitor will provide us with second by second information, so that the bedside providers are able to tell immediately what is the status of the child with a glance at the monitor. This will enable us to pick up any sudden changes in the patient’s condition before they become perilous - so we can intervene and make sure that the patient is stable,” she said. (TL)
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