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Established and endowed with the proceeds from the sale of the Sloper-Willen Community Ambulance Service, founded in 1958 by John T. Sloper, the John T. Sloper Fund awards grants in Southern Dutchess and Putnam counties for EMT training and emergency medical equipment. Additional funds are available from the Cardiovascular Fund of Dutchess County. Eight grants totaling $22,428.85 were awarded this fall.
Fall 2011 Grant Awards $2,500 To purchase a defibrillator. $3,040 Support for two emergency evacuation chairs which are designed to assist individuals with physical disabilities to evacuate a building during an emergency. $2,500 Purchase of portable medical emergency response equipment including Basic Life Support and Advanced Lift Support medical bags, a portable oxygen delivery kit, first responder water rescue personal flotation device kits, a handheld GPS rescue unit and night vision binoculars. $3,000 Support for training and certification of 84 RN's, LPN's and supervisors to provide emergency medical and life saving skills within the communities where they live. $2,400 Four AED trainers and adult manikin packages will be purchased to provide community-wide training days in CPR and AED use. Large corporations, schools, towns, businesses, not-for-profits and various community and health care organizations, throughout Putnam, Dutchess and parts of Ulster counties will participate.
$4,000 Support to enable PARC, which serves 650 consumers, to train and/or keep 400 staff members current on their First Aid, CPR and AED knowledge. $2,488.85 To purchase an AED for and provide training to three Saint Francis Hospital clinics. $2,500 This grant will purchase Pulse Oximeters, which are used to check a person's oxygen and carbon monoxide level in their blood and their pulse.
Fall 2010
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