LITTLE RIVER, SC (PRESS RELEASE) –Thanks to the support and generosity of our local community, the McLeod Health Foundation, supporting McLeod Loris Seacoast, has granted more than $93,000 to various departments at McLeod Loris Seacoast. The Foundation raises money each year from individuals and corporate donors and by hosting various events and sales. The mission of the Foundation is to generate philanthropic and community support to perpetuate medical excellence at McLeod Health.Foundation donations to McLeod Loris Seacoast include:

·       Infusion Center to Prepare Chemotherapeutic Medications

·       Pediatric Broselow Resuscitation Cart

·       Retrofit Gynocart for Emergency Department

·       Iris IQ Body Fluid Software for the Laboratories

·       Computers on Wheels for Respiratory Department

·       Proximity Tap Badges for Nursing

·       New Stretchers for the Pain Clinic and Same Day Surgery

·       Upgraded Security Software“Without the support of our community donors, employees and volunteers, none of this would be possible,” said Kelly Hughes, Director of the McLeod Health Foundation at McLeod Loris Seacoast. “Their generous donations allow the Foundation to continue to grow and be able to fund items that will benefit our patients and their families for years to come.”Last fall, Dr. James Broselow, founder of the Broselow Tape and ebroselow.com, visited the McLeod Loris Seacoast Emergency Departments. Dr. Broselow’s medical innovations have offered the medical field a quick color-coded resource to determine body weight and body height, which in turn provides proper dosage and airway information for children. Time is critical in the Emergency Room and with the help of this valuable resource countless pediatric lives have been saved. The McLeod Health Foundation understands the importance of having Pediatric Broselow Resuscitation Carts available and granted the request to purchase another cart for McLeod Loris. Both McLeod Loris and McLeod Seacoast Emergency Departments were already equipped with the Pediatric Broselow Resuscitation Cart, but McLeod Loris now has an additional cart for pediatric inpatients.“The Pediatric Broselow Resuscitation Cart enhances patient safety. It is color-coded to correspond with the Broselow Tape and stocked with the specific supplies necessary to provide resuscitative care to our pediatric patients,” said Hughes. “The McLeod Health Foundation was happy to provide funding for this potential life-saving device for McLeod Loris.”    Pictured: McLeod Loris Seacoast nursing staff using the Broselow Tape to determine appropriate dosage for a pediatric patient. For more information or ways you can contribute to the Foundation, please visitwww.McLeodFoundation.org or call the Foundation office at (843)390-8215.

About McLeod Health Foundation The McLeod Foundation was established in 1986 as an independent not for profit tax exempt charitable organization whose mission is to generate philanthropic and community support to perpetuate medical excellence at McLeod Health. Thanks to the generosity of this region, the Foundation has raised in excess of $40 million and has provided support for hundreds of programs at McLeod Health. These programs include support for McLeod Loris Seacoast, McLeod Children’s Hospital, The Guest House at McLeod, McLeod Hospice Services, McLeod Cancer Center for Treatment and Research, McLeod Heart and Vascular Institute and McLeod Diabetes Services, just to name a few. Simply put the Foundation funds better health for thousands of families throughout northeastern South Carolina and southeastern North Carolina.Separately chartered, the McLeod Foundation is governed by a voluntary Board of Trustees. Gifts to the McLeod Foundation are tax-deductible to the full extend allowed by law and 100% of every gift received goes directly to the area it is designated.The work done by the McLeod Foundation goes beyond the hospital walls and reaches straight into the heart of the community.