Impact Report | HonorHealth Military Partnership
Your generosity removes barriers and provides lifesaving training
Philanthropy is a link in the chain of survival for injured military and our community.
Your generous gift to the HonorHealth Military Partnership provides access to high-quality simulation training that improves, extends and saves lives.
Because of you, we’re able to provide our dedicated service members and first responders with the tools and training they need to dramatically improve the chances of survival for seriously injured soldiers and civilians.
And for that, we thank you!
Your impact
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“We operate a very remote state park and have a vast area to take care of involving hiking, boating and UTVs. This training and equipment will help us do our jobs and save lives.”
— Andrew Collett
AZ State Parks (Alamo Lake)
Making great care possible is just the beginning!
Every day, military medics and first responders put their lives on the line to protect and care for others in the most high-stakes, high-pressure situations imaginable.
Their ability to respond with speed, precision and confidence can mean the difference between life and death. That’s why realistic training and simulation exercises are critical, providing them with hands-on experience in environments that mirror the chaos and intensity of real-world emergencies.
These cutting-edge simulations ensure they are prepared for anything, from battlefield trauma to mass casualty incidents, empowering them to serve with unparalleled skill, resilience and bravery.
And it all starts here at home. HonorHealth is the only community-based hospital in the country to provide this level of medical training to military nurses and medics as well as local first responders. And thanks to the generosity of donors like you, this life-saving training allows these heroes to maintain their certifications and stay on top of evolving treatment protocols — all provided at no charge as a service to our community and our country.
Participants learn in a realistic, yet threat-free environment, and work with highly experienced physicians and former military members. They use advanced patient simulators with life-like functions, including heart beats, breathing and the ability to talk, respond to treatments and even “bleed” from mock injuries.
The first responders trained through the program last year represented law enforcement (from the local to federal level), corrections officers, EMS and fire departments from all over Arizona. We even had several participants from other states, including Colorado and Indiana.
Your gifts provided new bleeding control equipment for the Military Partnership. Last year, we were able to donate 21 gently used kits to departments that participated in our training and provided Stop the Bleed classes in their communities to train members of the public to render care in a crisis.
Seligman, Douglas, Winslow, Show Low, Salt River and Flagstaff are just a few of the thankful communities that benefitted from these donations.
In November 2024, the Military Partnership supported the Arizona Trauma Association’s Southwest Trauma and Acute Care Symposium (STACS), a conference providing continuing education opportunities for trauma professionals, both prehospital and in hospital, from all over the state.
Through your gift, you have saved lives in cities across Arizona and on foreign battlefields. Thank you!
Because of you
As a nonprofit, community-based healthcare system, HonorHealth relies on your kindness and generosity to help provide the exceptional care you and your family expect and deserve.
Every participant’s experience with Military Partnership is made possible through philanthropy. Because of you, HonorHealth remains committed to helping build stronger communities, together.
Giving through HonorHealth Foundation means you’re supporting more than great care — your contributions improve health and well-being, fuel medical breakthroughs, drive innovative research and so much more.
We are grateful for your transformational investment in our community!
Military Partnership training includes:
- Advanced practical learning with high-tech, lifelike human patient simulators called manikins
- Real-life experience during clinical rotations, at our nine hospitals, including three Level I Trauma Centers
- Simulation training rooms, including one set up as a battlefield medical aid station
- Readiness Skill Sustainment Training for any military medical personnel annually
- Exposure to burn trauma management through a Valley burn center
- K-9 trauma care so they are prepared to treat our loyal four-legged soldiers and officers
Your philanthropy in action
After experiencing a Military Partnership simulation exercise, Rex Porter reflected on his past experience in the Air Force where he wore a Kevlar vest and helmet all day, every day in the wake of 9-11.
He told Military Partnership Director, Roxanne Flynn, that he thought wearing this equipment might add more realism for the medics as they worked on patients with the extra bulk on their bodies.
Roxanne added it the Military Partnership wish list and Rex and Margie Porter generously made a gift to buy all that was needed.
Today, our participants wear this equipment during mass casualty training events, adding a whole new dimension to the experience.
Download the Military Partnership Impact Report (PDF format)
Support
Thank you for your continued support of the HonorHealth Military Partnership!