Benefiting St. Joseph's Women's Hospital
In Celebration of the Hospital's 50th Birthday

Proceeds from the 2024 Holiday Fashion Show Will Raise Funds for New Panda Warmers for Labor and Delivery at St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital

St. Joseph's Women's Hospital celebrates its 50th birthday this year.

Each year, approximately 4,500 babies are born at St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital, and we like to think of it as the birthplace of birthdays. St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital is widely regarded as “the place in Tampa to have a baby” because of the comfort, compassion and advanced care that are the cornerstones of our patient experience and verified highest level of certification with Level IV Maternal Care and Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

With funding provided by this year’s Holiday Fashion Show, St. Joseph’s Hospitals Foundation hopes to fund up to 26 new Panda Warmers for the Labor and Delivery Department. Providing new Panda Warmers with advanced technologies will provide a warm welcome for our precious newborns.

The new Panda Warmers combine advanced technologies with innovative features to deliver the very best care to keep our babies healthy after delivery.

The new design of the Panda Warmers eliminates the larger overhead heater, making it easier to observe the patient and providing more efficient warmth for baby without overheating the caregiver. The Panda Warmer has a built-in scale allowing the team to weigh the baby while keeping the baby warm and giving the essential information needed for weight-based medication. A full color control panel shows patient information and tracks trends like temperature, weight and pulse all in one place, making it easier for doctors and nurses to assess and treat any issues.

The new Panda Warmers also have new integrated resuscitation systems that, if needed, are much safer to quickly deliver neonatal resuscitation therapy to high-risk newborns. The more advanced, all-in-one resuscitation system has many features and options for providing effective airway management, ventilation, and pulse oximetry which allows for easy changing of oxygen concentrations to support resuscitation therapy practices, allowing us to deliver more precise levels of oxygen, preventing injuries related to over oxygenation.

Your support will help make this new technology a reality. We look forward to taking you for a tour at the hospital and showcasing the team and families who will benefit for years to come.