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The Ascend Cares Foundation recently donated $4,000 to the �鶹��Ƶ Foundation (�鶹��Ƶ) to enable the purchase of three King Vision™ Video Laryngoscope Kits. The state-of-the-art kits will be used for training in the �鶹��Ƶ Emergency Medical Technician and Paramedic programs. 

“These kits will help give our EMS students a better training experience when they are being taught airway management skills and learning how to intubate patients,” said Jess Mundy, �鶹��Ƶ health care program manager. “The products are used by our EMS providers in the field today. They operate on AAA batteries, so no external power source is needed.”

Because the kits enable full-color LCD display with advanced imaging, they provide EMT students with a better view of the airway through video technology. Intubation is as challenging yet essential, lifesaving skill. 

“We are wholly grateful to the Ascend Cares Foundation for this generous gift,” said Fran Wiley, associate vice president with the �鶹��Ƶ Foundation. “Their generosity will benefit many �鶹��Ƶ students who are learning skills that are so vital in the health care workforce.” 

The Ascend Cares Foundation is led by employees of Ascend Performance Materials to support Ascend families in need as well as to enrich the surrounding community through philanthropic projects. 

To learn more about �鶹��Ƶ’s EMT Program, visit www.ptc.edu/emt. 

PHOTOS: 
•    From left, �鶹��Ƶ Paramedic Instructor Steve McDade, �鶹��Ƶ President Dr. Hope E. Rivers, Ascend Fire Chief Harry Tate, and �鶹��Ƶ Health Care Program Manager Jess Mundy
•    From left (holding banner):  �鶹��Ƶ Foundation Associate Vice President Fran Wiley, Ascend official Pam Tinsley, �鶹��Ƶ Paramedic Instructor Steve McDade, �鶹��Ƶ President Dr. Hope E. Rivers, Ascend Fire Chief Harry Tate, and �鶹��Ƶ Health Care Program Manager Jess Mundy