Ben Nguyen, the director of engineering and plant operations at Kaiser Permanente’s San Jose location, is grateful that the hospital found BLU-MED Response Systems® (BLU-MED®) in time to help with patient surges. He’s been with the hospital for about four years. Given his […]
Whether you call it the makings of a “tridemic” or an emerging “twindemic,” the surge of hospitalizations of patients with respiratory infections from RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus), influenza (flu), and the coronavirus (COVID-19) are impacting hospitals across the country. The […]
A new health warning of a potential “tridemic” is putting hospitals across the United States on high alert. An early surge in pediatric respiratory illnesses (including RSV), rising cases of influenza, and the ongoing battle against Covid could push an […]
A New Corporate Structure to Support Our Growth Strategy and Expand Individual Brands. Kirkland, Wash., July 1, 2022 – Alaska Structures, Inc. (Alaska) is pleased to announce that, following the recent tremendous expansion of our product lines and our successful […]
Kirkland, Wash. – Alaska Structures® (Alaska) is prepositioning a 625-person housing facility and a 650-person dining facility in Poland. A 50-bed medical facility from BLU-MED Response Systems (BLU-MED, a division of Alaska Structures) is also included. Scheduled to be delivered […]
With omicron’s extreme infectiousness and the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations skyrocketing across the U.S. to record levels – hospitals and staff are struggling to provide the same standard of care for patients. The immense strain is requiring hospitals […]
On November 24, 2021, a new COVID variant first detected in South Africa was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). Known as Omicron, this new variant is raising serious concerns around the globe as preliminary evidence suggests that the […]
Field hospitals play a critically important role in disaster response, from natural calamities like floods or hurricanes to violent conflicts. These facilities are the primary drivers for reducing the human life consequences of disaster and helping survivors recover more quickly. […]
Triage tents have become essential recently due to patient surges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitals and clinics around the world have seen higher admission spikes than ever before. This puts immense pressure on healthcare systems to tend to those […]
Widespread vaccine availability and warm sunny weather that allowed people to socialize outdoors brought COVID-19 cases to an all-time low in June. And while the Delta variant provoked another spike in cases from July to October, that surge eventually started […]
The ongoing need for additional ICU space, staff shortages, low vaccination rates, and a high number of COVID-19 related deaths are forcing hospitals to respond by rationing healthcare. Oh, and “winter is coming” (quite figuratively and literally). Amid the ongoing […]
Since COVID-19 vaccines were released in the spring of 2021, 70.4% of the United States population has received at least one dose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Getting close to three-quarters of the population almost […]