In the hosita rama, the’re thesuorting characters working steaibut sient in the backgroun, aiingthe octors an nurses as the striveto imrove theiratients’ ives.Who are thesesuortingcharacters? Theare the vita signmonitors thattrack a atient’sheart rate, booressure, oxgeneve, resirator rate an more—vitainormation or etermining an monitoringa atient’s care.“We cannot o our jobs without cariacmonitors,” sas Brena Ferguson, ActingNurse Manager or the Intensive Care Unitat Roa Universit Hosita. “The rovieus with baseine an current ata whichassist us in ongoing atient treatment anmanagement ecisions.” This a, Roa Universit HositaFounation has aunche the Roa VitaCare aea with the goa o raising $2.8miion over two ears to urchase new,state-o-the-art vitasign monitors or RUH.In aition to 96 vitasign monitors, thecamaign wi asoun the urchase o 24 ebriators ana centra monitoringsstem. Roa VitaCare is an extension o the Roa Care Camaign, which raise$15 miion or research, training anatient-care at RUH.“In a stressu environment, whereimortant ecisions are oten maequick, our octors an nurses eservethe ver best toos on which to base theirtreatment ecisions,” sas Ara Gustason,CEO o RUH Founation. “These newmonitors wi o that an more.”

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“As we learn more aboutthe new monitors, we arediscovering new advantagesall the time.”

The heART of The MATTeR

2009 appal is vital t patint car

Dr. Anita Chakravarti, Anesthesiologist,demonstrates the use o a new state-o-the-art vital sign monitor at RUH.

Ever work with a too that quit in the mieo a job? Now, imagine that too is a vitasign monitor connecte to a critica iatient, an that ou are on an eevatortransorting an unconscious atient toanother unit when the monitor goes back.“That is a sick eeing,” sas Ke Johnson,RN an Cinica Nurse Seciaist or HeartHeath. “I just tr to sta cam unti thateevator oor oens. I on’t ever wantto take another rie in an eevator with amonitor that oesn’t work.” That’s wh Johnson an man otherhosita ersonne are suorting the Roa Vita Care aea to reace 96 aging vitasign monitors at RUH.Five ears ago, meica ersonne atRUH onate more than $250,000 to theRoa Care Camaign, which raise anunreceente $15 miion or eucation,research an atient-care at RUH. Thegoa o this ear’s Sta Aea is to buion that achievement b raising 10 ercento the Roa Vita Care aea rom amongthe hsicians, nurses, aministrators,technicians an meica sta who work atRoa Universit Hosita an SaskatoonHeath Region.

Sta Appal plays a vital rl in Ryal Vital Car

(Royal Vital Care Sta Appeal… cont’d rom page 1)

2“Our meica team knows better thananone how imortant it is to reace theseo monitors, an we want to give themthe oortunit to have a asting an vitaimact on the ace where the work anthe atients the care or ever a,” sas Ara Gustason, CEO o the Roa UniversitHosita Founation.“I am ver excite to see the new monitors,an that’s wh I’m suortive o thecamaign,” sas davi Maier, a RegistereNurse in the Intensive Care Unit who isserving as a Sta Chamion o the Roa VitaCare aea. The Sta Aea uring Setember anOctober wi reach out to a ersonne whowork at RUH, encouraging them to suortthis initiative which goes to the ver heart o what the o. “This generation o hositasta eserves to work with the newestgeneration o technoog,” sas Gustason.“B suorting Roa Vita Care, the aresuorting themseves an their atients.”He’s an eer armer with termina cancer. An he’s changing his Wi. When heasses awa, eight charities incuing RoaUniversit Hosita wi benet rom hisgenerosit an gratitue.“He ost his wie to cancer a coue o ears ago. The both ha the benet o RUH being there, an the wante to makesure that whenever somebo ese is intheir shoes, those aciities are sti therean ma be even better,” sas Jocendave-Hawreuik, an investment avisor atthe Unit Creit Union who is assisting withthe Wi. “More an more eoe are askingme how to eave their mone behin orcharit.” A anne egac can take the orm o anenowment, trust, wi, ie insurance oicor other means that rovies uning orthe charit o our choice, whie avoiingrobate an income taxes in the uture. “I ou’re going to have to a so muchin tax to Canaa Revenue Agenc, oumight as we have it going to a charitabeorganization o our choice,” sasdave-Hawreuik.Execute roer, with the he o a awer,accountant an nancia avisor, theseorms o anne giving can generate taxsavings both uring our ietime an orour estate ater our eath.“Sim ut, a Wi, as art o an overaestate an, wi enhance our weath,minimize taxes, give our heirs the greatestbenets, ensure that our intentions arecarrie out an aow ou to give to ouravourite charit,” sas Crsta Taor, a awartner at Macpherson lesie an Termanan a member o the RUH Founationpanne Giving Avisor Committee.She warns that without a Wi inSaskatchewan, ou ose the ega rightto contro the istribution o ourestate, our assets cou be so unerunavourabe market conitions, our heirsmight have to a tax that cou otherwisehave been reuce or eerre an ourestate cou be et in a ega tange, eaingsettement an increasing costs. “prearinga Wi is one o the most imortant thingsou can o or our souse, chiren, riensan avorite charit,” avises Taor.For urther inormation about how to incueRoa Universit Hosita in our utureans, ease contact Bruce Acton, directoro deveoment, at 306-655-6530.

Lawyer Crystal Taylor, member o RUH Foundation Planned Giving Advisory Committee and partner atMacPherson Leslie and Tyerman LLP.Kelly Johnson, RN,Clinical Nurse Specialist or Heart Health

Leaving Your Mark

– the benets of

Planned Giving

filipin nurss sttl in, tanks t a littllp rm TD Bank financial Grup

New recruits celebrate withBonnie Blakley, VP People Strategies,Saskatoon Health Region (centre ront).

3 The’re setting in, buing homes,getting their rivers’ icenses, havingbabies an sening their chiren o toschoo. It’s ie as usua or amost 100nurses who recent starte work in theSaskatoon Heath Region—even thoughthe’ve just move hawa aroun thewor. The are nurses rom the phiiineswho have come to work in Saskatoonuner a rovincia government rogramto recruit more oreign-traine nurses. Thanks to a $75,000 onation rom TdBank Financia Grou an its Td Grantsin Meica Exceence Schoarshi Fun,Roa Universit Hosita Founationwas abe to rovie $15,000 to assistthe Saskatoon Heath Region with thetraining an eucation o these newrecruits. When the rst grou o nurseswrote the Canaian Registere NurseExamination the ass rate was anunreceente 84 ercent, roving weha recruite the ver best.lette Ramos came to Saskatoon romMania amost one ear ago. Threemonths ater, her husban John antheir two chiren joine her. “I was verha to see them,” she sas. Jason,six ears o, an John Ewars,nine, mae a quick transition into St. Anne Eementar Schoo an their newcommunit. “The ike biking aong theriver, swimming an aing in the ark,”lette as. The coue has bought acar, an John is rearing or his river’stest.Ramos works in the Oncoog Unitat Roa Universit Hosita. One o her coeagues is danie Montecio,who aso arrive rom the phiiinesast October. Montecio consierenursing in Britain an Irean, butchose Saskatoon an RUH becauseo the man oortunities oere hereto avance his skis. His goa is tostu Nursing Inometrics, an area o seciaize nursing that uses comutertechnoog to gather, interret ananaze cinica ata to the avantageo atients an nursing in genera.“Inometrics is a ver interesting annew e or nurses,” sas Montecio.“It’s one o the major reasons I camehere to Canaa.”He is grateu to Saskatoon HeathRegion, Roa Universit HositaFounation an Td Bank FinanciaGrou or easing the transition antraining or himse an his Fiiinocoeagues: “It was benecia to comehere as a grou. We are strangers ina oreign an, an it is ver ortunateto share the exerience with someonewho has the same eeings an is acingthe same ajustment.”

“Inometrics is a very interestingand new feld or nurses.It’s one o the major reasonsI came here to Canada.”