COVID-19 would complicate hospital evacuations

The University of Texas Medical Branch has been training to deal with a complex disaster during a COVID-19 flare up


Preparing to evacuate a hospital when a hurricane is headed it is difficult and potentially made more difficult this hurricane season by COVID-19, according to The Daily News website.

The University of Texas Medical Branch has been training to deal with a complex disaster during a COVID-19 flare up.

In addition to new buildings designed to better withstand major storms, the medical branch now has several ambulance buses equipped to evacuate more patients in a single vehicle. 

With COVID-19 patients, the buses would cohort infected patients and plan the use of personal protective equipment with personnel when calculating how many patients could fit on one ambulance bus.

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June 11, 2020


Topic Area: Safety


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