FIRST LOOK: 120-bed EMS surge center set up at Mid-South Fairgrounds to ease strain on ambulance sys
[link:https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2020/04/14/first-look-bed-ems-surge-center-set-up-mid-south-fairgrounds-ease-strain-ambulance-system/|
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - An extensive amount of work is going into making sure that Memphis-area hospitals have adequate capacity in the coming weeks to handle a potential surge in COVID-19 patients.
The same amount of preparation is also extending to emergency medical services, ensuring they too do not become overwhelmed.
The Pipkin Building at the Mid-South Fairgrounds has now been converted to a 120-bed EMS Surge Center. It’s been constructed in case emergency departments at area hospitals get backed up with suspected COVID-19 patients, leaving paramedics with nowhere to take them.
The joint city-county COVID-19 task force indicates modeling predicts the area’s four hospital systems will be stretched in late May to early June, and they could be at their breaking point
NO, Gov Lee, TN is not ready to reopen!
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