Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin Auxiliary Donates Lifesaving CPR Tool
Members of the Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin auxiliary recently donated a lifesaving LUCAS (“Lund University Cardiac Assist System”) Device to the hospital to assist in treatment of patients experiencing cardiac arrest. The device delivers industry guidelines-consistent chest compressions regardless of a medical provider’s physical strength and stamina.
“Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin is committed to quality, excellence and patient safety,” said Thomas Goss, Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin’s chief operating officer. ”We are so thankful to the Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin auxiliary for their volunteerism and dedication to helping us provide the highest quality care for patients in Milledgeville and the Lake Oconee region.”
The $32,273 raised which funded the device donation came from volunteers’ work in the hospital’s Pink Bow gift shop.
The shop is staffed 100 percent by the hospital’s auxiliary and all of its profits are donated to the hospital.
Each year, the auxiliary considers the hospital’s needs and designates money for devices and programs that not only benefit the hospital, but more importantly, its patients.
“Once we heard about the LUCAS Device, we knew we wanted to get it for the hospital,” said Diane Sargent, auxiliary copresident. “The LUCAS Device has been shown to improve the quality of chest compressions, which leads to a higher survival rate for patients. Through our volunteerism and fundraising, we strive to do all we can do to help improve the lives of patients and our community.”
This isn’t the Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin auxiliary’s first major donation. In 2022, the auxiliary raised $57,456 to donate a Clean Hands-Safe Hands system to the hospital. The Clean Hands-Safe Hands Real-Time Voice Reminder system provides a human voice to gently remind health care providers to “please sanitize” when entering and exiting a patient’s room. This system is used at hospitals nationwide.
There’s always room for more volunteers with the Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin auxiliary. For more information about volunteering, visit www.navicenthealth.org/get-involved.
About Atrium Health Navicent
Atrium Health Navicent is the leading provider of health care in central and south Georgia and is committed to its mission of elevating health and wellbeing through compassionate care. Atrium Health Navicent is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Navicent provides high-quality, personalized care in 53 specialties at more than 50 facilities throughout the region. As part of the largest, integrated, nonprofit health system in the Southeast, it is also able to tap into some of the nation’s leading medical experts and specialists with Atrium Health, allowing it to provide the best care close to home – including advanced innovations in virtual medicine and care. Throughout its 125-year history in the community, Atrium Health Navicent has remained dedicated to enhancing health and wellness for individuals throughout the region through nationally recognized quality care, community health initiatives and collaborative partnerships. It is also one of the leading teaching hospitals in the region, helping to ensure viability for rural health care for the next generation. For more information, please visit www.NavicentHealth.org.
About Advocate Health
Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the United States – created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois, Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.