Hospitals using mobile units, tents to manage flu cases

Units are used to treat patients and free up beds


Hospitals across the country are using various strategies to manage the sharp increase in patient volume due to a severe flu season according to an article on the Becker's Hospital Review website.

Hospitals that deployed a mobile unit or surge tent included Palmetto Health in Columbia, S.C. The unit will only be used for patients awaiting discharge.

Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta set up a mobile emergency department located in its parking lot.

Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest and Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg in Pennsylvania added temporary surge tents to manage flu cases and emergency injuries. 

Read the article.

 



February 13, 2018


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