​ LCRA and City of Luling representatives present a $23,056 grant to Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital for new defibrillators. The grant is part of LCRA’s Community Development Partnership Program. Pictured, back row from left to right, are: Joyce Buckner, Seton Hays Foundation; Rick Arnic, LCRA governmental affairs representative; Mark Mayo, Luling city manager; Dr. Robert Stewart, emergency department medical director; Lauren Schumann, Seton Hays Foundation senior development officer; Linda Lotz, Seton Hays Foundation executive director; and Bobby Schmidt, Seton Hays Foundation. Front row, from left to right, are: Lori Parker, inpatient unit clinical manager; Megan Pumarejo, Seton Hays Foundation development officer; Lori A. Berger, LCRA Board member; Mike Hendricks, City of Luling mayor; Apryl Haynes, Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital vice president/chief operating officer/chief nursing officer; Nancy Hermes-Ulbig, emergency department manager; and Carol Lamb, director of nursing. |
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Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital (SEBD) will be able to replace two aging defibrillators thanks to a $23,056 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and the City of Luling.​
The grant, part of LCRA’s Community Development Partnership Program, will allow the hospital to upgrade two outdated defibrillators with LIFEPAC 20e defibrillators. The latest models allow for uninterrupted chest compressions during defibrillation, while informing emergency staff if their compressions are deep enough to adequately circulate blood. This means more life-saving capability for the emergency department in Caldwell County’s only hospital.
An additional $5,764 in local matching funds will help pay for the defibrillators.
“This is such a blessing to our hospital and the community,” said Nancy Hermes-Ulbig, emergency department manager. “We seem to be having an increase in critical patients and have used our defibrillator multiple times in 2017 already. I know of one instance where we shocked a patient out of a deadly rhythm and she survived.”
SEBD provides inpatient and outpatient services to more than 39,000 residents in Caldwell and surrounding counties. It is the only general acute care facility in a region that spans over 540 square miles. As a non-profit hospital and safety net provider for the underserved, SEBD provided more than $9.2 million in charity care services in 2016.
The community grant is one of a number of grants recently awarded through LCRA’s Community Development Partnership Program. The program provides economic development and community assistance grants to cities, counties, volunteer fire departments, regional development councils and other nonprofit organizations in LCRA’s electric and water service areas. The program is part of LCRA’s effort to give back to the communities it serves. The City of Luling is one of LCRA’s wholesale electric customers and a partner in the grant program.
Applications for the next round of grants are due July 31. More information is available at lcra.org/cdpp.
About LCRA
The Lower Colorado River Authority serves customers and communities throughout Texas by managing the lower Colorado River; generating and transmitting electric power; ensuring a clean, reliable water supply; and offering access to nature at more than 40​ parks, recreation areas and river access sites along the Texas Colorado River, from the Hill Country to the Gulf Coast. LCRA and its employees are committed to enhancing the lives of Texans through water stewardship, energy and community services. LCRA was created by the Texas Legislature in 1934. For more information, visit
lcra.org.
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