KIRKLAND, Wash., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- BLU-MED Response Systems
announced the successful deployment and set-up of a 30,000-square-foot Mobile
Field Hospital (MFH) and Staff Housing complex for California Emergency
Medical Services Authority's (CAL EMSA) 2008 Golden Guardian training exercise
held November 11-15. Set-up of the complex was completed ahead of schedule,
underscoring its flexibility to provide rapid advanced trauma care to
seriously injured victims of catastrophic disasters.
The 23,000-square-foot, 200-bed Mobile Field Hospital, one of three
BLU-MED hospital packages purchased in 2007 by the EMSA, included an operating
suite, intensive care units, mobile lab and radiology units, patient ward
space and staff housing, and state-of-the-art mobile medical equipment.
Together, the three fully equipped mobile hospitals constitute the largest
civilian medical response facilities of their kind. The 7,000-square-foot
Staff Housing facility ensures that medical professionals can be housed
on-site in disaster environments.
BLU-MED supported CAL EMSA in showcasing the flexibility and medical
triage and treatment capabilities of the mobile hospitals during a week of
intensive training involving multiple state agencies and more than 400
emergency responders at March ARB in California. The exercise, one of the
largest in California, tapped agencies and emergency responders from across
the state, and tested the vendor-managed support contract with BLU-MED
Response Systems.
The concept of operations for the Mobile Field Hospital program calls for
three 200-bed vendor-managed, turn-key hospitals stored in three strategic
locations throughout the state, allowing a rapid initial response to the
affected area and a calculated secondary response where it is needed most. The
mobile facilities can be on-site and ready to begin receiving patients within
72 hours of an event. They can be configured as 200-, 400- or 600-bed
hospitals based on the need created by the disaster. The mobile facilities
will be especially useful when regular hospitals are incapacitated or
overwhelmed because of the scope of a disaster.
"We are pleased to have had another successful set-up at this year's
Golden Guardian exercise," stated Gerrit Boyle, president of BLU-MED Response
Systems. "The success of both Golden Guardian and last year's Rough & Ready
exercises demonstrates our commitment to providing turn-key solutions to
enhance disaster medical preparedness and community health services."
In addition to CAL EMSA, primary participants included the California
Medical Assistance Teams, Disaster Medical Assistance Teams, the California
Department of Public Health, California Highway Patrol, California's National
Guard, the Office of Homeland Security, the Office of Emergency Services and
more than 400 volunteer emergency responders.
About BLU-MED Response Systems
BLU-MED Response Systems provides turn-key, portable shelter-based
solutions for disaster medical surge facilities, alternate command centers,
temporary housing and base camp requirements. The company offers a full range
of medical equipment packages and configuration options. BLU-MED support
services include vendor-managed inventory options, field deployment, and
training & exercise services.
BLU-MED facilities can be sized and customized to meet a variety of state
and local public safety and public health response requirements. Modular
options include medical surge wards, patient treatment, decontamination,
immunization/drug distribution, negative pressure isolation, and field
laboratory units. BLU-MED Response Systems is a division of Alaska Structures,
Inc. For more information, see http://www.blu-med.com .
Contact:
Gerrit Boyle
360-318-9913
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