Giving gets to the ‘heart’ of making a difference
Once a heart attack call is made to 911, an ambulance – funded through donations to the foundation – is dispatched to the patient’s home.
Emergency medical technicians, armed with Lifepak 15 defibrillators – both funded through donations to the foundation – arrive at the scene to stabi- lize the patient and transport them to the emergency department.
The emergency department – funded through donations to the foundation – preps the patient for the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
The cath lab – whose equipment is funded through donations to the foun- dation – inserts a balloon catheter to open the blocked artery and inserts a stent to keep it open.
The patient is then admitted to a room – funded through donations to the foundation – to recover.
As part of the patient’s recovery process, they put in hours each week in the cardiac rehabilitation program – which was remodeled through dona- tions to the foundation.
To donate to the Baxter Regional Hospital Foundation, visit
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that high.
Arkansas is a rural state, and not all communities has a medical facility as good as BRMC. “Rural” can also mean having a higher
than average population of poor resi- dents, but Foxworthy said there can also be a normalization in the culture that in- dividually we just aren’t participating in a healthy lifestyle, we don’t feel good and we shouldn’t complain about it. Following the 39th Annual Health
Fair and Expo in April, attendees were handed a card for a $99 special for a car- diac calcium screening. The calcium screening is the hospital’s reaction to “how do we get to patients faster.” “We have to get to them and get them
that treatment,” Foxworthy said. A calcium screening is a special X-ray
test, like a CT scan, with a contrast dye injection checking for blockages in the
Barney Larry recalled, “The staff made me feel completely comfortable. The nurse was telling me, ‘everything is going to be fine’” as he underwent treatment for a blocked coronary artery. KEVIN PIEPER FOR LIVING WELL
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