Fifty six of the 286 hospitals the Humpty Dumpty Foundation supports will receive medical equipment and the EZ-IO Drill Plus Educator Kit valued at $1,795 for Canowindra Soldiers Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Department was one of 104 donations purchased by the charity’s generous donors. 

The EZ-IO Power Drill kit is an essential piece of equipment used to resuscitate critically ill children and babies when they have stopped breathing and when it is difficult to establish intravenous access. 

The system uses a drill to place the needle into the bone and it can give IV access within 10 seconds so that life-saving medication can be administered. 

Resuscitation is time critical, so having this drill will have life-saving consequences. 

The kit also comes with a training model for the EZ-IO which gives staff the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the procedure.

The fundraising weekend commenced with the annual Friday night Sponsor’s Dinner and was followed up on the Sunday with the Humpty Dumpty Balmoral Burn fun-run attended by approximately 10,000 people from across Sydney.  

“The results from this year’s Humpty Dumpty Balmoral Burn fundraising weekend are outstanding and again demonstrate how much of a corporate and community event it has become over the last 16 years,” Founder and Executive Chairman of Humpty Dumpty Foundation, Paul Francis OAM said. 

“Everyone who supports the Balmoral Burn, whether it be at the Sponsor’s Dinner and/or at the Sunday fun-run, makes a huge difference to the medical outcome of children requiring treatment in hospitals and health services across Australia. 

I am always so amazed at the generosity of Humpty’s supporters and this year is no exception with tens of thousands of children benefiting from this year’s Balmoral Burn.” 

In 2015 the Foundation purchased 412 pieces of medical equipment.