Phacoemulsification System
Cost: $78, 750
Department: Cataract Surgery
Ultrasonic device is used to break up and then remove a cloudy lens, or cataract, from the eye to improve vision
Scheduled to complete 1,675 cataract surgeries in 2019-2020
WestView completes 21 cataract procedures/day about 2-3 days a week
The temperature settings are also safer (less risk of burns)
Current machine has helped over 20,000 people
Intellivue Patient Monitors
Cost: $17, 650 (each)
Department: Day Surgery
4 Required
Colon Cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed forms of cancer in Alberta
Affects 1 in 13 men & 1 in 16 in women
WestView Health Centre performs approximately 2,500 endoscopy procedures annually in an effort to screen, diagnose and treat colon cancer
New cardiac monitors that monitor ETC02 levels will provide a new level of safety for patients at WestView
Portable ultrasound machine
Cost: $75,400
Department: Emergency
Just like a stethoscope, the bedside ultrasound machine has become an essential tool for physicians working in any modern day emergency department
Invasive procedures that we once used to preform ‘blindly’ are now much safer because we can use ultrasound to guide us in real time
Never before have we been able to ’look inside’ a patient at the bedside and make a lifesaving diagnosis within minutes
AIRVO Humidification System
ONE COMPLETED!
We still need one more.
Cost: $2,650 (each)
Department: Emergency
Devices will help patients breath when they need more oxygen than what current devices can provide
Devices can help patients of all ages in the facility and may increase the number of patients that we can keep within the site, instead of transferring to an urban center
Patient Beds
Cost: $7, 280 (each)
Department: Family Medicine
Mechanical bed frames help patients with recovery throughout the hospital
Ability to raise the head of the bed to assist patients with breathing difficulties, encourages patients to eat, and drink in a safe position in bed