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 […]
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 […]
It’s no secret that COVID-19 took hospitals by storm this year. Many hospitals expanded their facilities to accommodate the overflow of patients. But what will become of those facilities once the pandemic has subsided? One of the major advantages of […]
Mobile hospitals have been a crucial part of every war in history. From ancient battles and sieges to the combat support hospitals that followed troops throughout Europe during World War II, mobile field hospitals and evacuation hospitals have saved countless […]
A surge of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. has the potential to surpass the growth of COVID cases seen in July during the “summer surge”. The seven-day average for new infections is now more than 58,000 per day, an […]
New coronavirus cases set a 41-day record on Sunday, July 19 as the seven-day average of infections in the United States continues to trend upward. More than 3.779 million Americans have tested positive and over 140,000 have died since COVID-19 […]
The novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 has been an eye-opener for hospitals around the nation and the world that did not have the infrastructure to accommodate such a sudden increase in demand. Faced with patients in need of urgent care […]
Yesterday, West Virginia reported its first case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). All 50 States now have confirmed cases. The U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams recently stated, “We are at a critical inflection point in this country…”. His comment was later followed by, “When you look at the projections, there’s every chance that we could be Italy.”
When man-made or natural disasters require an immediate emergency response, deployable medical facilities allow hospitals, first responders, governments, and relief organizations to quickly respond with medical facilities capable of providing basic to advanced-level care …when and where needed™. Whether it […]
Photo courtesy of KION News Channel 5/46. Photo and article credits to Kion 546 News Channels. Santa Cruz County, California recently acquired 6 BLU-MED® mobile hospitals from the state. The mobile hospitals will be used to provide emergency and medical […]
An unexpectedly deadly strain of influenza has been menacing the nation this winter season, causing infectious disease specialists and hospitals to quickly respond to a surge of patients. Based on last week’s data, and according to the Center for Disease […]