Helmsley Charitable Trust proudly stands among the largest donors in AHA's 100-year history
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For much of his adult life, Walter Panzirer helped look after folks in South Dakota.
作为一名护理人员, 然后是一名警察,然后是学校的资源官, Panzirer了解了他所在州面临的所有挑战, 他发现, 整个美国农村. 最大的挑战之一是医疗保健. A tradeoff for the joy of living amid wide-open spaces is that hospitals are far apart, 设备往往很旧,医生也远远不够, 尤其是专家.
然后,Panzirer得到了一个意想不到的新角色. His grandmother – New York hotel magnate Leona Helmsley – died and left him among those in charge of a $5 billion charitable trust.
换句话说, Panzirer found himself in a position to make a huge difference in the lives of countless people. 当然,包括南达科他州和整个美国农村地区.
哇,他和他的组织带来了多么大的变化啊.
Leona M. 和Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has invested about $83 million into a variety of endeavors with the 美国心脏协会. 美国心脏协会庆祝成立100周年th 2024年生日, the Helmsley Charitable Trust stands as one of the organization's most impactful philanthropic partners.
"Thanks to the vision brought to us by Walter and the Helmsley Charitable Trust, 我们已经能够在我们国家的大部分地区做出有意义的改变,美国心脏协会首席执行官南希·布朗说. "Because as Walter often says, where you live shouldn't impact the quality of care you receive."
赫尔姆斯利慈善信托基金成立的时候, 它的领导人被赋予了一个任务:做出改变. 有这么多方法, 受托人向洛克菲勒慈善顾问寻求指导.
Panzirer向顾问们讲述了他对农村医疗保健的兴趣. 他们建议致电美国心脏协会.
“对美国农村的心血管护理产生巨大影响, you need to partner with the 美国心脏协会 because they're already working there,Panzirer说. "They touch every community in the United States through multiple programs, they're the gold standard when it comes to training and they're the gold standard when it comes to policy work."
那是我们刚建立关系的时候, Panzirer was especially intrigued by an AHA program that essentially streamlined the chain of events between a 911 call and a patient arriving at the best possible hospital based on their condition and in the fastest time possible.
Known as Mission: Lifeline, the program already was a success in limited areas. Panzirer想在整个州进行测试. 当然是南达科他州.
That pilot program became such a major difference-maker that the Helmsley Charitable Trust has since invested in the launch of Mission: Lifeline across North Dakota, 怀俄明, 明尼苏达州, 内布拉斯加州, 蒙大拿和爱荷华州.
Of all the metrics that could be used to emphasize the program's success, Panzirer选择用这样一个轶事来总结:
一个人在萨利县的电线上工作, 南达科他州的中北部, 一次电击导致他的心脏停止跳动. 他心脏骤停. 急救人员带着自动体外除颤器到达现场, 或AED, 并且恢复了节奏. They also attached him to a 12-lead EKG machine, generating valuable information. 开车去40英里外的皮埃尔医院的时候, 他们发送了心电图信息, 帮助护理小组为他的到来做准备. 一旦稳定下来, 他被直升机转移到苏福尔斯的一家心脏医院, 再走225英里.
“那位先生到今天还活着,”潘齐勒笑着说. “不仅仅是一件事救了这个人的命. 这就是一切."
2010年,美国心脏协会获得了第一笔赫尔姆斯利资助. 随后,将“使命:生命线”推广到其他农村地区的资金也到位了. 然后, in 2017, the Helmsley Charitable Trust made two significant changes: They brought the same blueprint to New York City and began funding another version of Mission: Lifeline – one for stroke patients. Helmsley has now supported Mission: Lifeline Stroke in North Dakota, 内布拉斯加州, 蒙大拿和爱荷华州.
Helmsley continues to support various AHA initiatives that are especially valuable to rural America.
HeartCorps is a program to help grow a pipeline of public health workers in rural communities. 最近, Helmsley backed the launch of a program to certify stroke rehabilitation at skilled nursing facilities, 以及美国心脏协会远程医疗中心.
Panzirer对远程医疗中心尤其感到兴奋.
十多年了, he's seen how simple yet profound it can be to bring a specialist into a remote area via a screen. It took the COVID-19 pandemic for more people to appreciate how much telehealth can help.
这项技术不仅适用于农村地区. Any urban care center that lacks specialists suddenly becomes only a few clicks away from the experts it needs.
美国心脏协会对此表示赞同. 并帮助建立这个新的护理层, the Center will provide professional training and certification – another of the "gold standards" that Panzirer admires.
“任何时候,美国心脏协会都可以放大我们的声音, 它影响了更多的公众和决策者, whether it's federal or state lawmakers or leaders of individual health care systems,Panzirer说. “美国心脏协会带来了这种可信度."
愿景和目标一致, the AHA and the Helmsley Charitable Trust will continue to find ways to improve and extend lives in rural America and throughout the United States.
“我们的关系继续发展和改善,Panzirer说, 因为美国心脏协会履行了它的承诺."