ORANGE COUNTY / JANUARY 11, 2021 – As Los Angeles hospitals continue to get hammered by the coronavirus pandemic, mobile field hospitals have been deployed outside many facilities to serve as emergency rooms, triage centers, and even ICU overflow departments. Over the last week, COVID-19 related deaths have averaged more than 200 per day among Los Angeles residents with the impact from holiday travels yet to be seen.
At the University of California Irvine Medical Center, volunteers and a team from Deployed Logix (DLX) set up the largest mobile field hospital in the region just before the Christmas holiday. It is already housing patients and is anticipated to remain up through the spring, but potentially longer. This facility features multiple wings for patient care, nurses stations, full bathrooms including sinks, toilets, and showers, a triage center, and seperate entrances for staff and patients. Orange County Health Authority sourced 48 modular, interoperable shelters and other equipment from DLX to divide among the most overwhelmed medical facilities in the county. These shelters are designed to be quick and easy to demobilize and relocate if the need arises.
DLX was founded in 2012 and continues to be the leader in American-made, rapidly deployable disaster preparedness products around the world. Its flagship shelter, the ASAP®, sets up in 60 seconds with just two people.
Working with public and private organizations around the globe including the U.S. State Department, FEMA, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the International Red Cross, the World Health Organization, the U.N., the Pan-American Health Organization, UKaid, and USAID, DLX prides itself on having the most rapid and reliable products to assist in disaster relief. You can visit them at www.deployedlogix.com.
