Glossary
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Please note this is not a comprehensive list. It is meant to provide definitions for the most common planned giving terms. For more details contact your estate planner.
- Asset:
property of any kind, including land, money, shares, etc. - Benefactor:
person who supports a person or institution by giving money. - Beneficiary:
person or institution who receives some benefit, whether money or property, from the Will of a deceased person. - Bequest:
gift under a Will of an item or piece of property or amount of cash. - Endowment:
process in place where funds are gathered and provided to a person or cause. - Estate:
property of a deceased person. - Executor:
individual appointed in a Will to administer the estate of the deceased. - Will:
written document that expresses a person's final wishes concerning the distribution of their estate.
Respiratory Equipment
Please note this is not a comprehensive list. It is meant to provide an overview of the most common equipment granted by TB Vets.
- Blood gas analyzer:
a machine that measures oxygen, carbon dioxide, and pH levels in a blood sample. These extremely important measurements are required to care for patients in the hospital, especially sicker patients with lung & heart disorders. - Body plethysmograph:
a machine used in lung (pulmonary) function labs to measure lung function in order to diagnose and quantify lung disorders. - Bronchoscope:
a fiberoptic scope that is inserted into the patient's airways (bronchi) to visualize and obtain samples for diagnosing lung disorders and sometimes used for removing obstructions in the airways. This is one of the more common tools used by specialists in helping diagnose lung diseases. - Cardio respiratory monitor:
a monitor that measures and continuously displays heart rate & rhythm, blood pressure, and respiratory rate. These are important "vital signs" that are monitored in acutely ill patients - Esophagoscope:
same as a bronchoscope but is used to assess the esophagus rather than the bronchi. - Laryngoscope:
a device that is used in the procedure of placing an artificial airway (endotracheal tube) into a patient's trachea in order to maintain their airway open. Used for unconscious patients, patients that can no longer breathe on their own, etc. - Nebulizer:
a device that either adds humidity to dry medical gas that a patient is breathing or provides a mist of medication that a patient can breathe in. - Oxygen analyzer:
a device that measures the oxygen levels (concentration) in a breathing system. Delivered oxygen levels need to be increased in order to provide enough oxygen to patients with lung or heart disorders. - Oxygen concentrator:
a machine that takes in atmospheric air (with 21% oxygen) and concentrates the outgoing gas to 100% oxygen. Used to provide patients with supplemental oxygen (higher oxygen levels than room air). - Oxygen monitor:
a machine that provides continuous oxygen monitoring for hospital and home ventilators, and NICU and aesthesia delivery equipment. - Peak flow meter:
a device that helps patients monitor their asthma easily. - Pulmonary function system:
a system that tests people's breathing in order to diagnose lung disorders - Pulse oximeter:
a device that measures oxygen saturation and assesses pulse rate - Respirator:
see ventilator - Spirometer:
a device that tests lung function; is one component of a complete pulmonary function machine - Suction regulator:
a device that controls the amount of suction (vacuum) that helps in removing secretions from a patient's airways, lungs, thoracic cavity, stomach, or other body cavities - Ventilator:
a machine that assists or provides all of the breathing for patients who cannot breathe on their own (also known as a respirator)
Veterans
Veterans are those brave men and women who have served in all wars and peacekeeping missions. These people have fought bravely to preserve the rights and freedoms we enjoy today.
Canadians honour these people with a minute of silence on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month - Remembrance Day, November 11th, 1100 hours.
In Flanders Fields
By John McCrae
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
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