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 […]
Reports of new COVID-19 cases have tripled in the last month. The U.S. is now averaging 34,056 new COVID-19 cases per day, according to Johns Hopkins University. The 55% increase over the last week is largely the result of the […]
Since the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals have been overwhelmed with the staggering number of positive-testing patients. Many hospitals chose to treat COVID-19 positive patients in mobile field hospitals from BLU-MED Response Systems® to avoid the spread of exposure. […]
It has been over a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international pandemic due to the COVID-19 virus. Since then, mobile field hospitals have played a crucial role in helping hospital workers care for countless numbers of […]
Suffolk County in New York has recently ramped up its mass vaccination efforts with the help of a mobile medical facility from BLU-MED Response Systems®. The mobile medical facility sits outside the Dennison building in Hauppauge, itself a vaccination site, […]
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States set a new record, surpassing 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines being administered in the last 24 hours. Despite 18.5% of Americans now being fully vaccinated, new […]