VA is collaborating with William Beaumont Army Medical Center (WBAMC) to open a 16-bed mobile intensive care unit (ICU) on the campus of WBAMC and the El Paso VA Health Care System.
“VA’s mobile ICU hospital offers unique capabilities and
affords Veterans the same high standard of care in a state-of-the-art environment.
It also allows the William Beaumont Army Medical Center to free up bed space,”
said Paul D. Kim. Kim is the VA Office of Emergency Management executive
director.
VA transported the mobile ICU from Florida to El Paso for El
Paso VA and the Army to use in response to the recent increase in the area’s
coronavirus cases.
The units arrive on tractor trailers and then open and
extend on two sides. Then each unit can join the next. The mobile ICU is
assembled in the parking lot.
“El Paso is very fortunate to have this type of deployable
resource to assist during this unprecedented time,” said Jamie Park. Park is
the El Paso VA associate director. “The arrival of the mobile ICU is the result
of proactive, strategic planning. We want to ensure we are able to serve
Veterans in the midst of any situation or circumstance.”
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