How You Make a Difference
Your support has recently funded innovative medical research to purchasing vital equipment and upgrading services, changing the lives of Sunshine Coast patients and their families.
Outpatient Respiratory Physiotherapy Telerehab Enhancement Project
This project will make the Telehealth pulmonary rehab program more accessible, safe and effective by providing smart devices for respiratory patients to borrow allowing them to participate in the pulmonary rehab program; portable gym equipment for loan to improve exercise capacity outcome measures of participants; lapel microphone to improve sound quality and consequently program effectiveness and safety between instructor and participants. Cost: $7,822.
Epidural Positioning Device
Being in labour and having a Caesarean section are both stressful events, if a spinal or epidural are needed it tends to escalate women's anxiety. An Epidural Positioning Device has been funded to make the process quicker and easier for birthing women at Gympie Hospital. Cost; $6545.
Resources for mental health patients
Purchasing a cuppa or cake at Wishlist Coffee House Nambour has led to funding $4,013 worth of sporting, recreational equipment and craft items to enhance the lives of mental health patients at the Pandanus and Bunya Units at Nambour Hospital.
Portable oxygen equipment
Palliative patients will be able to improve their quality of life by borrowing a portable oxygen concentrator to allow greater patient freedom and independence. Your donations have funded two portable oxygen concentrators worth $7,140 to support early discharge home from hospital.
Equipment for vascular patients
More than 100 vascular and lymphoedema patients will benefit from an Ankle Brachial Pressure Index Assessment Machine to ensure a safe assessment before compression application. The machine, worth $6017, will create better patient outcomes and lessen complications and admissions to hospital.
Ultrasound for Gympie Hospital
Purchasing a cuppa or cake at Wishlist Coffee House Gympie has led to funding a $7,716 real-time ultrasound to give physiotherapists important biofeedback on a patient's pelvic floor muscle activation. This equipment will help men who have undergone radical prostatectomy procedures at Gympie Hospital.
Sensory items for Mental Health patients
Wishlist has been able to fund $2,259 worth of sensory modulation equipment and resources for mental health patients in the Kamala Unit at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital. The equipment will help support exercise and sensory groups like yoga, stretching, pilates and more.
Evaluation study
Nurses and midwives form the largest clinical workforce in the health system and provide a majority of the interpersonal elements of care to patients. Historically nurses & midwives have been required to deal with complex clinical situations, organisational pressures, distraught patients and families. Thanks to your support, $5,500 has been directed to Evaluating Reflective Practice Groups (RPGs) as a form of Clinical Supervision for staff.
DV Social Worker
In a world where homes should be sanctuaries, many suffer in silence. We have funded a dedicated SCHHS Social Worker for three years at a cost of $240,000 to share vital information of high-risk Domestic and Family Violence cases with other agencies, including police, child safety, support services and more.
Liver Disease Study
Thanks to donations, data from more than 8000 patients were studied by Sunshine Coast Professor James O'Beirne to investigate the impact of diabetes on the outcome of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The study was published in the Medical Journal of Australia and has led to identifying at-risk people earlier and ensuring timely treatment.
Two Power Wheelchairs
Loss of movement impacts physically and psychologically. Wishlist have delivered two power wheelchairs to the SCUH Rehabilitation Unit, worth $17,299 each, to give patients the ability to move towards companionship, a glass of water or to sit in the sunshine without having to wait for busy nursing staff.
Point Of Care Ultrasound
To make procedures for children better through the provision of a POCUS machine for the Children’s and Adolescent Unit. Cost: $33,500.
Equipment for Birth
Giving birth is a daunting experience, and can sometimes be traumatic. We funded a $9,790 HiPac chair to improve the comfort and pain for birthing women needing an epidural prior to birth.
Child Continence Service
Resources and equipment for children who require specialised continence services. Previously, young patients would travel to Brisbane but thanks to donations, physiotherapy is now included within the multidisciplinary team at SCUH.
Creating Calm
Calming wall art in several birthing suites at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital to create a a more comfortable environment. One suite shows an Aboriginal and Torres Strait theme and another with a softer tone for women with fetal loss. Cost: $5,000 per suite.
Pocket Talkers
Two Pocket Talkers for the Older Persons Mental Health team at Maroochydore. These devices help patients who are hard of hearing which will enable easier and more accurate communication when testing cognitive ability and more.
Palliative Care Cuddle Bed
A Cuddle Bed to offer patients and loved ones a compassionate approach to end-of-life care. This Cuddle Bed gives family members the opportunity to lay with their loved ones and make the most of their final hours with them. $18,283.
SOZO Machines for Cancer Patients
Enhancing treatment for cancer patients at the Adem Crosby Centre at Sunshine Coast University Hospital with two SOZO machines to give health staff a precise snapshot of fluid status and tissue composition in less than 30 seconds. $24,926.
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Specialised Service for Elderly Patients
Weighted blankets and massage chair
Intraoral camera for dental patients
This equipment is needed at Kawana Oral Health to assist in the assessment, diagnosis and monitoring of oral conditions, particularly for oral medicine/pathology and oral cancers. $3,520
Clinic for Speech Pathology Patients
Thanks to your donations, we have establishing a clinic to reduce travel and wait times for patients needing a swallowing assessment.
Helping Heart Failure Patients in the Community
Use of a smartphone based interactive system for heart failure patients in the community.
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Infrared Video Goggles
Help purchase vital equipment to assess and manage patients with severe vertigo and dizziness. $5,357.
Equipment for Hearing Screening
Resources for the Jabba Jabba Child Health Team to improve access and fund equipment for hearing screening. $8,299.
Supporting Patients with Complex Needs
Updated emergency management plans for 150 children each year with complex and rare medical conditions.
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Equipment for Newborns
A Radiometer Arterial Blood Gas Analyser Flex 90 Plus for Maternity and Paediatric Units at Gympie Hospital to support babies born who need blood glucose screening for 24-48hrs after birth. $5692.
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Helping At-Risk Mums
A Clinical Nurse Consultant to support newborns and their mothers experiencing domestic violence and trauma.
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Dedicated Nurse for Young Patients
Funding an adolescent and young adult clinical nurse to help create a smoother transition for young patients into adult care.
Parental Support & Youth Advisory
To support young adults and provide a circle-of-care for mental health patients. $218,000.
Sara Stedy Device
Wishlist has helped more stroke patients get off their feet at a speedier time thanks to funding a $2500 device.
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Wishlist Wellness Garden
A therapeutic outdoor space for patients needing rehabilitation at Gympie Hospital to the tune of $200,000.
Specialised Spinal Bed
A Specialised Spinal Bed for the Intensive Care Unit to help safely turn patients who have unstable spines.
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Smileyscope
An additional Smileyscope for the anaesthetic department to distract patients receiving treatment.
Renal Pharmacist Outpatient Clinic
Established an outpatient pharmacy service for patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and those receiving a kidney transplant.
Point of Care Ultrasound Machines
3 Point of Care Ultrasound machines for SCUH, Nambour & Gympie Emergency Departments to allow bedside ultrasounds.
Bariatric Equipment
Bariatric equipment including a specialised shower chair and wheelchair for Gympie Hospital.
YAG Laser
Ophthalmology clinicians can administer immediate treatment onsite to reduce the risk of permanent eye damage.
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Wheelchair Scale for Children
Wheelchair scales for children with disabilities to enhance inclusion at the Gympie Hospital Outpatient Unit.
Speech Pathology Resources
Resources for the Gympie Child Health Speech Pathology Service. Funded by 92.7 MIX FM’s Give Me 5 appeal.
Pregnancy Loss Pilot Program
A $10,000 pilot program to improve the surgical care of women with early pregnancy loss. Funded by 92.7 MIX FM’s Give Me 5 appeal.
Paediatric Assessment Tools
Assessment tools for the Paediatric Allied Health Team to deliver high quality care. Funded by 92.7 MIX FM’s Give Me 5 appeal.
Calming Wall Art for Medical Imaging
Calming Wall Art for Medical Imaging to distract and entertain young patients. Funded by 92.7 MIX FM’s Give Me 5 appeal.
Smileyscopes
5 virtual reality goggles have been funded by 92.7 MIX FM's Give Me 5 appeal to distract patients receiving painful tests or procedure.
Resuscitation System
A Giraffe Star Neonatal Resuscitation System which will be part of the life-saving equipment in our emergency department.
Portable Ultrasounds
Two portable ultrasounds for mums using the Maternity Outreach Service.
Blood Analyser
A Radiometer Arterial Blood Gas Analyser Flex 90 Plus will improve the accuracy of blood analysis for at-risk newborns.
Blood Pressure Monitors
20 blood pressure monitors will be loaned to heart patients for a 3 month period to closely monitor their blood pressure.
Buzzy Bee Devices
Buzzy bee distraction devices are being used in the Ambulatory Care Unit at SCUH to distract patients undergoing procedures.
Acute Pain Leaflets
Acute Pain leaflets are circulating Emergency & Surgical Departments to provide patients with a clear pain management plan.
Ophthalmology Equipment
6 vital pieces of Ophthalmology Equipment for the Caloundra Ophthalmology Unit.
Breech Baby Workshop
A Breech Baby workshop to upskill staff to deliver breech babies safely.
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AccuVein
AccuVein equipment to aid in easy cannulation of babies and children, as well as cancer patients at the Adem Crosby Center.
Transonic Machine
Transonic Machine to help detect abnormal blood flow which can reduce stress and trauma to dialysis patients.
Parents Retreat
The Parents Retreat makes life a little easier for parents of pre-term babies.
Rhino-Laryngoscope
With video monitoring, assists cancer patients undergoing radiation at the Adem Crosby Centre.
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