KIRKLAND, Wash., June 11
PRNewswire - USNewswire

The Los Angeles LA County EMS Purchases BLU-MED Advanced Portable Hospital System County Department of Health Services recently awarded a $1.1 million contract to BLU- MED Response Systems of Kirkland, Washington to provide state-of-the-art portable hospital units and support systems for the county's Emergency Medical Services Agency. The 100-bed Mobile Hospital system will provide primary surge capacity to support local hospitals and first responders in the event of an earthquake, pandemic influenza or bioterrorism event. The procurement was funded in part with grant funds from the federal Urban Area Security Initiative grant program.

Based on the BLU-MED RapidSurge(TM) product offering, the modular hospital system is a fully equipped, freestanding, heated and cooled hospital complex that can be set up on pavement, grass or gravel to process and treat large numbers of incoming patients. The Mobile Hospital units, which are transported in customized cargo trailers, can be set up in a variety of configurations with ward beds, ICU beds and an array of specialized medical equipment needed for patient triage, general medical and surgical needs. The BLU-MED portable hospital complex can be adapted for use as multiple first aid stations, medical centers and even mass immunization or negative pressure isolation units for suspected infectious disease outbreaks.

"Our agency is responsible for coordinating and supporting healthcare response during an emergency situation," stated Roel Amara, Hospital Preparedness Program Coordinator with the County's Emergency Medical Services Agency. "These mobile hospital units will help us provide additional resources to support area hospitals, our Disaster Medical Assistance Team, and allow us to be interoperable with our partners at the state level." There are approximately 100 public and private hospitals in the LA County medical community.

BLU-MED Response Systems will provide deployment support, training and exercise consulting services, and technical support to the Emergency Medical Services Agency.

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 emergency management 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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