Please Help Us Meet Our Community's Health Needs
As Chief Medical Quality Officer of Stormont-Vail HealthCare, my job is to ensure we deliver timely and high-quality care to patients and families served by our network of facilities in Topeka and throughout northeast Kansas. An important component of our services is the Stormont-Vail Stroke Center, the region’s first Primary Stroke Center and one of only 600 in the nation. In July 2010, Stormont-Vail HealthCare earned the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Centers. This Certification confirms that our stroke care program follows national standards that can significantly improve patient outcomes.
Stroke is the nation’s third leading cause of death. Each year, about 700,000 people experience a new or recurrent stroke. On average, someone suffers a stroke every 45 seconds, and someone dies of a stroke every 3.1 minutes. Stroke also is a leading cause of serious, long-term disability with about 4.7 million stroke survivors alive today. Stormont-Vail is committed to meeting the special needs of those in our community impacted by stroke.
The following reflects special requests from Stormont-Vail HealthCare leaders who serve stroke patients and promote stroke
awareness. Your contribution will help these dynamic caregivers
meet their patient-care goals. Simply click here and print, complete and mail the reply card. Please share this opportunity with others
who may also wish to lend their support.
Douglas Rose, MD
Chief Medical Quality Officer
 Douglas Rose, MD
Chief Medical Quality Officer
Portable Bi-Pap Machine
“My wish is to be able to enhance the respiratory needs of patients being moved to another department by providing the use a portable bi-pap machine.”
$12,642 each
 Gerald Appelhans, BS, MS, RPT
Manager of Rehabilitation Services
Bariatric Treatment Table
“My wish is for a new bariatric treatment table to allow patients to feel more comfortable when turning from side to side during their treatment.”
$2,994 each
Additional Wishes:
• Upper and Lower Extremity Ergometer – $3,442 each
• Bariatric Exercise Mat – $4,596 each
• Ultrasound Machine – $1,540 each
 Michelle Schierling, MD
Emergency Department Medical Director
Hypothermia Cooling System
“ To help prevent advanced prolonged side effects of a stroke, a patient’s body temperature is cooled. A hypothermia cooling system will enhance the ability to provide this care to our patients.”
$41,000
 Mindy Olberding, RN
Nurse Manager
Lift and Sling
“Many stroke patients have forms of paralysis that make it difficult for nursing staff to lift them. My wish is for a Lift and Sling to help lift those stroke patients.”
$6,000 each
Additional Wishes:
• Shower Chair – $1,341 each
• Body Pillows & Pillow Covers – $ 250 each
• Full Length Slide Board – $ 50 each
• Transfer Board – $ 450 each
• Dry Erase Board – $ 20 each
• Posey Bedfellow Positioning Pillow – $ 220 each
• Ultrasoft Bolster Pillow – $ 50 each
 Susan Gray, RN
Clinical Stroke Educator
Portable Notebook Screen Projector
“ My wish is for a portable notebook screen projector. This will allow me the equipment to provide the most efficient education on stroke awareness to the communities we serve.”
$800 each
Additional Wishes:
• Stroke Education DVDs – $ 300 package of 3
 Frisco Morse, MD
Hospitalist
Donations to the Community Stroke
Awareness Campaign Fund
“My wish is to be able to provide more stroke awareness throughout the communities we serve. The donations given to this fund will allow additional community education through displays at health fairs or magnets listing stroke symptoms for their homes. It is very important for members of our communities to know the signs of a stroke and receive treatment as soon as possible.”
Any denomination
 Lorraine Brazier, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathology Supervisor
Swallow Study Procedure Chair
“ My wish would be for a new motorized procedure chair to increase effective patient handling during a swallow study.”
$8,000
 Tara Robertson, RRT
Respiratory Therapist
MRI Ventilator
“I wish to provide our critically ill stroke patients greater comfort and care while they are being transported to MRI for essential stroke screening. With the MRI ventilator we can achieve both of these goals for our patients.”
$15,295
Additional Wishes:
Response Team Treatment Bag with necessary supplies – $2,000 each
 Tim Allen, MD
Special Procedures Physician
Clot Retriever
“ The interventional radiology lab is where we are able to care for patients who present acutely with a stroke. Our
wish is for additional interventional equipment to aid in reestablishing blood flow to the brain.”
$3,100 each
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